marketing

[ mahr-ki-ting ]
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noun
  1. the act of buying or selling in a market.

  2. the total of activities involved in the transfer of goods from the producer or seller to the consumer or buyer, including advertising, shipping, storing, and selling.

Origin of marketing

1
First recorded in 1555–65; market + -ing1

Other words from marketing

  • in·ter·mar·ket·ing, adjective
  • pre·mar·ket·ing, adjective

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How to use marketing in a sentence

  • She led a great grey ass betwixt two panniers, wherein she laded her marketings.

  • Bareheaded and unkempt women gossiped in the doorways or passed back and forth with scant marketings in their arms.

  • Signora Orsola had gone out per fare le spese, to make the marketings for the day; and he found Paolina alone.

    A Siren | Thomas Adolphus Trollope
  • She appeared to have been out executing her small marketings, for she was hastening home with a basket on her arm.

  • On her arm she carries a basket containing a few vegetables and other marketings.

    Six Plays | Florence Henrietta Darwin

British Dictionary definitions for marketing

marketing

/ (ˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ) /


noun
  1. the provision of goods or services to meet customer or consumer needs

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