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noun
the short-term trade in money, as in the sale and purchase of bonds and certificates.
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Origin of money market First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby money market Money is the root of all evil ,
moneylender ,
moneymaker ,
moneymaking ,
moneyman ,
money market ,
money-market certificate ,
money-market fund ,
money of account ,
money of necessity ,
money order
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How to use money market in a sentence In both 2011 and 2013, money market mutual funds — one of the biggest buyers of the Treasury securities that have wobbled in recent days — saw significant outflows as investors fled a feared federal default.
The Ethiopian government’s latest plans to open up its telecommunications sector and enter the mobile money market are sparking concerns over the fairness of its efforts.
I am only moving the amount of money I may need to live for 12 to 18 months into money market funds.
It may be fun and it may get them paid, until oversaturation ruins our sense for irony and destroys the market for it.
And Epstein continues to steer money toward universities to advance scientific research.
Paperback publishers distributed their titles in African-American neighborhoods because it expanded their market base.
Speech, in this case, is our ability to spend money on a goofy entertainment.
Indeed, Lion Air, with 45 percent of the domestic Indonesian airline market, has swallowed the Fernandes formula whole.
If Mac had been alone he would have made the post by sundown, for the Mounted Police rode picked horses, the best money could buy.
All the Italian merchants in the realm of France, called money lenders, seized by order of Philip the fair, for their ransoms.
The purchasers found that this claim was not well founded, and sought to recover their money.
He was positive he had seen some one enter the room, go to the chair, and take the money from his pockets.
Then both the partners laughed together—pleasantly and cheerfully, as men who are going to receive money, often do.
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British Dictionary definitions for money market
noun
finance the financial institutions dealing with short-term loans and capital and with foreign exchange Compare capital market Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Cultural definitions for money market
A collective term for the many markets in which funds that are loaned for short periods to businesses or to governments are bought and sold.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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