market

American  

[mahr-kit] / ˈmɑr kɪt /

noun

• markets
  plural

1. an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace.

   a farmers' market.

2. a store for the sale of food.

   a meat market.

3. a meeting of people for selling and buying.

4. the assemblage of people at such a meeting.

5. trade or traffic, especially as regards a particular commodity.

   the market in cotton.

6. a body of persons carrying on extensive transactions in a specified commodity.

   the cotton market.

7. the field of trade or business.

   the best shoes in the market.

8. demand for a commodity.

   an unprecedented market for leather.

9. a body of existing or potential buyers for specific goods or services.

   the health-food market.

10. a region in which goods and services are bought, sold, or used.

    the foreign market; the New England market.

11. current price or value.

    a rising market for shoes.

12. stock market.

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verb (used without object)

• markets,
  present (3rd person singular)
• marketed,
  past participle,  past
• marketing
  present participle

1. to buy or sell in a market; deal.

2. to buy food and provisions for the home.

verb (used with object)

• markets,
  present (3rd person singular)
• marketed,
  past participle,  past
• marketing
  present participle

1. to advertise (something) to a target audience or for a recommended use: This movie was marketed as a horror film, rather than a drama.

   The vacation homes are marketed to retirees and other seniors.

   This movie was marketed as a horror film, rather than a drama.

2. to carry or send to market for disposal.

   to market produce every week.

3. to dispose of in a market; sell.

   Synonyms:

   peddle, merchandise, vend

idioms

1. at the market, at the prevailing price in the open market.

2. on the market, for sale; available.

   Fresh asparagus will be on the market this week.

3. in the market for, ready to buy; interested in buying.

   I'm in the market for a new car.

market British  

/ ˈmɑːkɪt /

noun

1. 1. an event or occasion, usually held at regular intervals, at which people meet for the purpose of buying and selling merchandise

   2. ( as modifier )

      market day

2. a place, such as an open space in a town, at which a market is held

3. a shop that sells a particular merchandise

   an antique market

4. business or trade in a commodity as specified

   the sugar market

5. the trading or selling opportunities provided by a particular group of people

   the foreign market

6. demand for a particular product or commodity

   there is no market for furs here

7. See stock market

8. See market price market value

9. at the current price

10. to wish to buy or acquire

11. available for purchase

12. 1. to speculate on a stock exchange

    2. to act aggressively or unscrupulously in one's own commercial interests

13. a market characterized by excess supply and thus favourable to buyers

14. a market characterized by excess demand and thus favourable to sellers

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verb

1. (tr) to offer or produce for sale

2. (intr) to buy or deal in a market

market More Idioms  

1. see corner the market; drug on the market; flea market; in the market for; on the market; play the market; price out of the market.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• marketer
  noun
• nonmarket
  noun
• submarket
  noun
• premarket
  verb
• remarket
  verb (used with object)
• undermarket
  verb (used with object)
• multimarket
  adjective
• unmarketed
  adjective
• well-marketed
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• markets
  plural

Participles

• marketing
  present
• marketed
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• market
  simple
• markets
  simple
• have marketed
  perfect
• has marketed
  perfect
• am marketing
  progressive
• are marketing
  progressive
• is marketing
  progressive
• have been marketing
  perfect progressive
• has been marketing
  perfect progressive

Past

• marketed
  simple
• had marketed
  perfect
• was marketing
  progressive
• were marketing
  progressive
• had been marketing
  perfect progressive

Future

• will market
  simple
• will have marketed
  perfect
• will be marketing
  progressive
• will have been marketing
  perfect progressive

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Etymology

Origin of market

First recorded in 1100–1150; Middle English market, market(t)e, markat(t)e, late Old English market, from Vulgar Latin marcātus (assumed), from Latin mercātus “trading, traffic, market”; see origin at merchant ( def. )

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Explanation

Market is both a noun and a verb that have to do with selling. Companies that successfully market potato chips make people buy a big bag at the market. Are you in the market for a new pair of jeans? That means you are looking to buy. You might be the market, or likely customers, for a certain brand. The cost of those jeans will be whatever the market can bear, meaning the most profit that can be made, either by selling fewer pairs at high cost or lots of pairs at a lower cost. But if you buy them on the so-called black market, you might get a bargain price — only to find your new jeans aren't authentic — knock-offs of the real thing.

Example Sentences

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The buy-it-all investing boom that characterized the early years of the bull market for tech stocks is petering out, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

SpaceX shares were up 9% when the market closed on Friday, after taking steep losses in Thursday’s session.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

Nvidia trades higher Friday after recording its second-largest one-day market cap decline on record on Thursday.

From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026

He is bracing for more market tumult in coming months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

So he just laid it out for his investors: The U.S. mortgage bond market was huge, bigger than the market for U.S.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Wing aims to expand its delivery services to nearly 20 U.S. markets by 2027 through its partnership with Walmart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

DraftKings on Thursday said it planned to invest $650 million to $700 million in prediction markets this year.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

“There is a tension between higher security and defense spending, putting the public debt ratio on a declining path, and preserving growth-enhancing policies,” said Liam Peach, senior emerging markets economist at Capital Economics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Next year, BofA Global expects AI-related issuance that’s funded in credit markets to peak at about $685 billion, rising about 31% from this year.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

If they were on their BlackBerrys, they were probably hedge fund guys, checking their profits and losses in the Asian markets.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

British Soft Drinks Association said its members have not marketed or promoted the sale of energy drinks to under-16s since 2010.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

She believes the way filler is being marketed on social media is fuelling this steady increase of people seeking out treatment.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The six peptides are BPC-157, Epitalon, KPV, MOTS-c, Semax, and TB-500, which are marketed for antiaging, boosting metabolism and improving memory, among other things.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

In fact, it was marketed as a whimsical candy version of chicken feed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

This chemical was misused by a number of cranberry growers in 1959, producing residues on some of the marketed berries.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

While Roku provides Fox with an opportunity to be more aggressive in marketing its channels, Fox has pledged that the platform will remain open to distributing content from competitors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

You interviewed two of these marketing agents for this story.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

If you’re switching car brands, ask the salesperson about “conquest deals,” a marketing incentive offered by carmakers to entice owners of a competing brand to switch to theirs.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

The suit, filed in the Western District of Washington, claimed the online retailer covertly and substantially increased prices charged to advertisers for marketing on Amazon’s platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Some of the Indian accounting firms even go about marketing themselves to American firms through teleconferencing and skip the travel.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

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