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mar·ket (mär

1. A public gathering held for buying and selling merchandise.

2. A place where goods are offered for sale.

3. A store or shop that sells a particular type of merchandise: a vegetable market.

a. The business of buying and selling a specified commodity: the soybean market.

b. A market price.

c. A geographic region considered as a place for sales: grain for the foreign market; the West Coast market.

d. A subdivision of a population considered as buyers: cosmetics for the upscale market.

5. The opportunity to buy or sell; extent of demand for merchandise: a big market for gourmet foods.

a. An exchange for buying and selling stocks or commodities: securities sold on the New York market.

b. The entire enterprise of buying and selling commodities and securities: The market has been slow recently.

v. mar·ket·ed, mar·ket·ing, mar·kets

v.tr.

1. To offer for sale.

2. To sell.

v.intr.

1. To deal in a market.

2. To buy household supplies: We marketed for a special Sunday dinner.

Idioms:

in the market

Interested in buying: We are in the market for a used car.

on the market

1. Available for buying: Many kinds of seasonal flowers are on the market.

2. Up for sale: They put the family business on the market.

[Middle English, from Old North French, from Vulgar Latin *marctus, from Latin merctus, from past participle of mercr, to buy, from merx, merc-, merchandise.]

market

Noun

1. an occasion at which people meet to buy and sell merchandise

2. a place at which a market is held

3. the buying and selling of goods and services, esp. when unrestrained by political or social considerations: the market has been brought into health care

4. the trading opportunities provided by a particular group of people: the youth market

5. demand for a particular product

6. short for stock market

7. be in the market for to wish to buy

8. on the market available for purchase

9. seller's or buyer's market a market characterized by excess demand (or supply) and thus favourable to sellers (or buyers)

Adjective

of, relating to, or controlled by the buying and selling of goods and services, esp. when unrestrained by political or social considerations: a market economy

Verb

[-keting, -keted]

to offer or produce for sale [Latin mercari to trade]

marketable adj

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Noun	1.	market - the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace" marketplace, market place activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" black market - an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls buyer's market, buyers' market, soft market - a market in which more people want to sell than want to buy gray market, grey market - an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency seller's market, sellers' market - a market in which more people want to buy than want to sell labor market - the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers monopoly - (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller; "a monopoly on silver"; "when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like" monopsony - (economics) a market in which goods or services are offered by several sellers but there is only one buyer oligopoly - (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors
	2.	market - the customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it" social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" black market - people who engage in illicit trade
	3.	market - a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market" food market, grocery, grocery store greengrocery - a greengrocer's grocery store market place, mart, marketplace, market - an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up shelf - a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects supermarket - a large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods
	4.	market - the securities markets in the aggregate; "the market always frustrates the small investor" securities industry securities market, stock exchange, stock market - an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers industry - the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "each industry has its own trade publications" bear market - a market characterized by falling prices for securities bull market - a market characterized by rising prices for securities the City - used to allude to the securities industry of Great Britain the Street, Wall Street - used to allude to the securities industry of the United States money market - a market for short-term debt instruments nondepository financial institution - a financial institution that funds their investment activities from the sale of securities or insurance
	5.	market - an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up market place, mart, marketplace public square, agora - a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece bazar, bazaar - a street of small shops (especially in Orient) food market, grocery, grocery store, market - a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market" mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goods market square, open-air market, open-air marketplace - a public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold slave market - a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War) agora - the marketplace in ancient Greece
Verb	1.	market - engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products" commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) merchandise, trade - engage in the trade of; "he is merchandising telephone sets" offer - make available for sale; "The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week"
	2.	market - buy household supplies; "We go marketing every Saturday" commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) shop - do one's shopping; "She goes shopping every Friday"
	3.	market - deal in a market commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) sell, trade, deal - do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
	4.	market - make commercial; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life" commercialise, commercialize commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"