market
an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
a store for the sale of food: a meat market.
a meeting of people for selling and buying.
the assemblage of people at such a meeting.
trade or traffic, especially as regards a particular commodity: the market in cotton.
a body of persons carrying on extensive transactions in a specified commodity: the cotton market.
the field of trade or business: the best shoes in the market.
demand for a commodity: an unprecedented market for leather.
a body of existing or potential buyers for specific goods or services: the health-food market.
a region in which goods and services are bought, sold, or used: the foreign market; the New England market.
current price or value: a rising market for shoes.
to buy or sell in a market; deal.
to buy food and provisions for the home.
to advertise (something) to a target audience or for a recommended use: The vacation homes are marketed to retirees and other seniors.This movie was marketed as a horror film, rather than a drama.
to carry or send to market for disposal: to market produce every week.
to dispose of in a market; sell.
Idioms about market
at the market, at the prevailing price in the open market.
in the market for, ready to buy; interested in buying: I'm in the market for a new car.
on the market, for sale; available: Fresh asparagus will be on the market this week.
Origin of market
1Other words for market
Other words from market
- mar·ket·er, noun
- mul·ti·mar·ket, adjective
- non·mar·ket, noun, adjective
- pre·mar·ket, verb
- re·mar·ket, verb (used with object)
- sub·mar·ket, noun
- un·der·mar·ket, verb (used with object)
- un·mar·ket·ed, adjective
- well-mar·ket·ed, adjective
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How to use market in a sentence
Wherever he travels, Václav Klaus can be assured a welcome reception from likeminded free marketers.
Vaclav Klaus, Libertarian Hero, Has His Wings Clipped by Cato Institute | James Kirchick | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe more specific they get, marketers reckon, the more likely you are to buy.
But as open as they are, they are also businessmen who know their brand and are their best, most diligent marketers.
How the Property Brothers Became Your Mom’s Favorite TV Stars | Kevin Fallon | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt shows what gamers do think is priority versus what creators and marketers estimate we do.
Jazz is linked in the mind of marketers with affluence, but the economics of jazz have never been worse.
Jazz (The Music of Coffee and Donuts) Has Respect, But It Needs Love | Ted Gioia | June 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
As she went through Georgetown now M Street was different––full of marketers and of briskness.
The Cup of Fury | Rupert HughesThe cabarets became the rendezvous of Montrealers, although they were only licensed for strangers and marketers.
Montreal 1535-1914 under the French Rgime | William Henry AthertonIt was the portion of the square given over to the carts and teams of the marketers.
Jones of the 64th | F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) BreretonThis plan has worked out well with many successful growers and marketers.
Apple Growing | M. C. BurrittBelated marketers, with laden baskets atop their heads, were hurrying homeward, hugging the scanty shade of the glaring buildings.
Carmen Ariza | Charles Francis Stocking
British Dictionary definitions for market
/ (ˈmɑːkɪt) /
an event or occasion, usually held at regular intervals, at which people meet for the purpose of buying and selling merchandise
(as modifier): market day
a place, such as an open space in a town, at which a market is held
a shop that sells a particular merchandise: an antique market
the market business or trade in a commodity as specified: the sugar market
the trading or selling opportunities provided by a particular group of people: the foreign market
demand for a particular product or commodity: there is no market for furs here
See stock market
See market price, market value
at market at the current price
be in the market for to wish to buy or acquire
on the market available for purchase
play the market
to speculate on a stock exchange
to act aggressively or unscrupulously in one's own commercial interests
buyer's market a market characterized by excess supply and thus favourable to buyers
seller's market a market characterized by excess demand and thus favourable to sellers
(tr) to offer or produce for sale
(intr) to buy or deal in a market
Origin of market
1Derived forms of market
- marketer, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with market
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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