market
market definition
mar·ket (mär′kit)
noun
- a gathering of people for buying and selling things, esp. provisions or livestock
- the people gathered
- the time of such a gathering
- an open space or a building where goods are shown for sale, usually with stalls or booths for the various dealers
- a store or shop for the sale of provisions a meat market
- a region in which goods can be bought and sold the Asian market
- buying and selling; trade in goods, stocks, etc. an active market
- trade in a specified commodity the wheat market
- a place where such trade is carried on
- the group of people associated in such trade
- stock market
- opportunity to sell, or demand (for goods or services) a good market for new products
- opportunity to buy, or supply (of goods or services) reduced labor market
Etymology: ME < NormFr < L mercatus, trade, marketplace, pp. of mercari, to trade < merx (gen. mercis), wares, merchandise < ? IE base *mer-, to seize
transitive verb
- to send or take to market
- to offer for sale
- to sell
intransitive verb
- to deal in a market; buy or sell
- to buy provisions for the home
market Idioms
be in the market for
to be seeking to buy
be on the market
to be offered for sale
put on the market
to offer for sale
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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