marketing

[ mahr-ki-ting ]

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.

marketing

/ ˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ /

noun

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

Other Words From

• inter·market·ing adjective
• pre·market·ing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of marketing¹

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

Example Sentences

It is also important to avoid using the pope as part of a marketing strategy.

From The Daily Beast

There are already places like this emerging around the country, and marketing themselves this way.

From The Daily Beast

Former RSD instructor Nathan Kole says he saw firsthand how this “alpha male” marketing can damage students.

From The Daily Beast

They have experimented with new products and have invested millions into aggressive marketing and promotion.

From The Daily Beast

For decades, toy production and marketing was increasingly gender neutral.

From The Daily Beast

So, that very evening, when she was marketing, she chanced to see something that brought Lils affairs into her mind again.

From Project Gutenberg

Obviously the landlady, who did the marketing, must be cheating on a royal scale, and there was nothing for it but to move.

From Project Gutenberg

The cut of the trousers is most important, said Flick, who had already formed ambitious plans for the marketing.

From Project Gutenberg

This verbal obscurity is becoming daily more common in the literature of firms marketing nostrums.

From Project Gutenberg

She came home from marketing one morning, quite pale, and could hardly speak when she entered Von Rosen's study.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• buying
• commerce
• retailing
• selling