marketing

[ mahr-ki-ting ]

/ ˈmɑr kɪ tɪŋ /

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noun

the act of buying or selling in a market.

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.

RELATED WORDS

commerce, selling, buying

Nearby words

market-test, marketable, marketable title, marketeer, marketer, marketing, marketing mix, marketing research, marketplace, markevich, markham

Origin of marketing

First recorded in 1555–65; market + -ing¹

Related formsin·ter·mar·ket·ing, adjectivepre·mar·ket·ing, adjective

Definition for marketing (2 of 2)

market

[ mahr-kit ]

/ ˈmɑr kɪt /

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 carry or send to market for disposal: to market produce every week.

to dispose of in a market; sell.

Origin of market

1100–1150; Middle English, late Old English < Vulgar Latin *marcātus, Latin mercātus trading, traffic, market

SYNONYMS FOR market

16 vend, merchandise, peddle.

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Related forms

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

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Examples from the Web for marketing

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Former RSD instructor Nathan Kole says he saw firsthand how this “alpha male” marketing can damage students.
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For decades, toy production and marketing was increasingly gender neutral.
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Marketing data from the initial field test indicated that the game was being played virtually every minute the arcade was open.
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Persistently the question was repeated, till Mrs. Summerhaze came in and asked Susan to do some marketing for dinner.
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Needless to say that the marketing was very brisk, but I noted with some interest that very little money changed hands.
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Of course, in marketing a product, one must know exactly what the product costs.
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She drove down to High Street so early the next morning that Joanna was still doing her marketing.
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How delightful it was to be freed from all responsibility of the meals and the marketing!
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British Dictionary definitions for marketing (1 of 2)

marketing

/ (ˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ) /

noun

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

British Dictionary definitions for marketing (2 of 2)

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 Formsmarketer, noun

Word Origin for market

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

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Word Origin and History for marketing (1 of 3)

marketing

1560s, "buying and selling," verbal noun from market (v.). Meaning "produce bought at a market" is from 1701. The business sense, "process of moving goods from producer to consumer with emphasis on advertising and sales," is attested by 1897.

Word Origin and History for marketing (1 of 3)

market

1630s, from market (n.). Related: Marketed; marketing.

Word Origin and History for marketing (2 of 3)

market

early 12c., "a meeting at a fixed time for buying and selling livestock and provisions," from Old North French market "marketplace, trade, commerce" (Old French marchiet, Modern French marché), from Latin mercatus "trading, buying and selling, trade, market" (source of Italian mercato, Spanish mercado, Dutch markt, German Markt), from past participle of mercari "to trade, deal in, buy," from merx (genitive mercis) "wares, merchandise," from Italic root *merk-, possibly from Etruscan, referring to various aspects of economics. Meaning "public building or space where markets are held" first attested mid-13c. Sense of "sales, as controlled by supply and demand" is from 1680s. Market value (1690s) first attested in writings of John Locke. Market economy is from 1948; market research is from 1921.

Idioms and Phrases with marketing

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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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marketing

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verb -kets, -keting or -keted

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