marketeer

noun

1. 1. a gathering of people for buying and selling things, esp. provisions or livestock
   2. the people gathered
   3. the time of such a gathering
2. an open space or a building where goods are shown for sale, usually with stalls or booths for the various dealers
3. a store or shop for the sale of provisions: a meat market
4. a region in which goods can be bought and sold: the Asian market
5. 1. buying and selling; trade in goods, stocks, etc.: an active market
   2. trade in a specified commodity: the wheat market
   3. a place where such trade is carried on
   4. the group of people associated in such trade
6. stock market
7. opportunity to sell, or demand (for goods or services): a good market for new products
8. opportunity to buy, or supply (of goods or services): reduced labor market
9. 1. market price
   2. market value

Origin: ME < NormFr < L mercatus, trade, marketplace, pp. of mercari, to trade < merx (gen. mercis), wares, merchandise < ? IE base *mer-, to seize

transitive verb

1. to send or take to market
2. to offer for sale
3. to sell

intransitive verb

1. to deal in a market; buy or sell
2. to buy provisions for the home