market

[ mahr-kit ]

/ ˈmɑr kɪt /

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noun

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.

stock market.

verb (used without object)

to buy or sell in a market; deal.

to buy food and provisions for the home.

verb (used with object)

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR market

17 vend, merchandise, peddle.

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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

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

OTHER WORDS FROM market

mar·ket·er, nounmul·ti·mar·ket, adjectivenon·mar·ket, noun, adjectivepre·mar·ket, verb

re·mar·ket, verb (used with object)sub·mar·ket, nounun·der·mar·ket, verb (used with object)un·mar·ket·ed, adjectivewell-mar·ket·ed, adjective

Words nearby market

markdown, marked, markedly, marker, marker gene, market, marketable, marketable title, market abuse, market analysis, market basket

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How to use market in a sentence

Bauer has never played professionally in a market such as Los Angeles before, never played in a clubhouse as established and accomplished as that of the Dodgers.
Trevor Bauer, unorthodox star with an unorthodox deal, gets an unorthodox Dodgers intro|Chelsea Janes|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
The brand’s soft voice in the market was compounded by a siloed approach to marketing investment.
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When you buy frozen veggies at the market, make sure you can move the individual veggies around in the bag.
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Franchises are still trying out ways to market teams to their assigned cities.
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In terms of consumer attitudes and behavior, there has never been a single force that has so significantly shaped the home improvement market.
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It may be fun and it may get them paid, until oversaturation ruins our sense for irony and destroys the market for it.
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Paperback publishers distributed their titles in African-American neighborhoods because it expanded their market base.
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Indeed, Lion Air, with 45 percent of the domestic Indonesian airline market, has swallowed the Fernandes formula whole.
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Expensive day care pushes women out of the labor market while men continue to work outside the home.
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Mr. Bachner found it by wandering through the market and identified a craftsmen here who works in a tiny booth.
The Photographer Who Gave Up Manhattan for Marrakech|Liza Foreman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When the days were fine, Jean in his basket assisted at the dramatic performance in the market-place.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
The declaration of war, or cessation thereof, used to be proclaimed in the market by the High Bailiff.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
His partner, Boulton, had a lot ready for the market, and sold 150 by the end of the year.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
It was, moreover, of a very poor colour and certainly not of the kind that would readily find a market.
Asbestos|Robert H. Jones
Lovers our little Dorothy had by the score, though she was never seen but at church or at market.
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British Dictionary definitions for market

market

/ (ˈmɑːkɪt) /

noun

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 merchandisean antique market

the market business or trade in a commodity as specifiedthe sugar market

the trading or selling opportunities provided by a particular group of peoplethe foreign market

demand for a particular product or commoditythere 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

verb -kets, -keting or -keted

(tr) to offer or produce for sale

(intr) to buy or deal in a market

Derived forms of market

marketer, noun

Word Origin for market

C12: from Latin mercātus; from mercāri to trade, from merx merchandise

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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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