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open market

noun

  1. an unrestricted competitive market in which any buyer and seller is free to participate.


open market

noun

    1. a market in which prices are determined by supply and demand, there are no barriers to entry, and trading is not restricted to a specific area
    2. ( as modifier )

      open-market value

“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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of open market1

First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences

Prescott would be the NFL’s top free agent if he hits the open market, but it’s difficult to see that happening.

On the open market, Prescott, 27, would probably be paid in the mid-$30 million per year range despite the uncertainty of his return from a severe ankle injury.

Flexible panels were previously exclusive to Samsung's phone division, but the report says Samsung Display plans to sell 1 million panels this year in the open market.

They then have three years of arbitration eligibility before hitting the open market.

Perdue may have saved thousands by not putting his house on the open market.

The reigning league MVP, Kevin Durant, is also set to hit the open market that summer.

Can you make it in a wide-open market in which consumers have loads of options?

But, he said, the price of participating in the open market is to play by the same rules as everyone else.

So far there are no leads, but it seems unlikely that it will be sold in the open market.

That fact challenges the fundamental assumptions not only of democracy but of a truly open market with equitable opportunities.

Possibly it will be found cheaper to buy Hammarstens casein in the open market where the price is $3.50 per pound wholesale!

A mistress costs a great deal more than a wife; in the open market of the world she can get more.

How came the stone into the goose, and how came the goose into the open market?

It means the end of the open market—which has always been a spur to industry.

But I'm not so sure it's worth as much as you think in the open market—not in the manufacturing business in Deep Harbor.

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