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
The average cost per square foot is $855 with 47 days on the market.
Berkeley: A City That Fights for the Rights of All | LGBTQ-Editor | November 20, 2020 | No Straight NewsIn a buyer’s market — and a soft market at the positions of greatest need for the Nats — the team has the resources.
The Nationals have been forgotten by baseball. Don’t expect that to last. | Thomas M. Boswell | November 19, 2020 | Washington PostWhen the market opens that morning, the S&P 500 will include Tesla stock, a milestone for the automaker.
Tesla will be added to the S&P 500, officially becoming a blue-chip stock | Jen Wieczner | November 16, 2020 | FortuneEvents that strike one company’s operations and suppliers but not a competitor’s can boost the latter’s market share, at least temporarily but perhaps permanently.
The fund flows reports measure whether money has flowed into or out of the markets in the previous week, and so it’s a pretty good indicator for investor bullishness.
Last week’s vaccine-led rally was one for the record books—but is all that good news already priced in? | Bernhard Warner | November 16, 2020 | Fortune
The region is marketed for visitors as “Aryan Valley,” and many citizens have taken to tacking on “Aryan” to their last names.
But the procedure, unlike scam solutions marketed online—miracle tonics, pricey at-home laser therapy combs—absolutely works.
Birth Control Made My Hair Fall Out, and I’m Not the Only One | Molly Oswaks | October 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOther shady practices include non-halal meat being marketed as halal.
But with LSD, because it was countercultural, and because it was used as an experimental drug, it was not marketed properly.
Frances McDormand on 'Olive Kitteridge,' Dropping LSD, and Her Beef With FX's 'Fargo' | Marlow Stern | September 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYou read that right, this gun is specifically made and marketed to kids.
9-Year Old With an Uzi? America Is Tougher on Toys Than Guns | Cliff Schecter | August 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo Scattergood marketed his blankets, taking in exchange a perfectly good, interest-bearing note.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington KellandThe oil of the first-named plant appears not to be marketed except in the form of the proprietary, Gomenol.
Many new preservatives are being proposed or marketed each year by various companies or individuals.
Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai BoerkerBut in spite of the fact that this is occasionally done, the mature birds are more generally marketed.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 | Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and SciencesMore corn is produced and probably more live stock marketed by Loudoun than by any other of the 100 counties of Virginia.
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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