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mar·ket
/ ˈmärkit/
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n.
1.
a regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other commodities:
farmers going to market.
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an open space or covered building where vendors convene to sell their goods.
2.
an area or arena in which commercial dealings are conducted:
the sale of cruisers in the American market continues to plummet.
the labor market.
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a demand for a particular commodity or service:
there is a market for ornamental daggers.
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the state of trade at a particular time or in a particular context:
the bottom's fallen out of the market.
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the free market; the operation of supply and demand:
future development cannot simply be left to the market |
[as adj.]
a market economy.
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a stock market.
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v.
(-ket·ed
, -ket·ing
) [tr.]
advertise or promote (something):
the product was marketed under the name “aspirin.”
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offer for sale:
sheep farmers are still unable to market their lambs.
∎ [intr.]
buy or sell provisions in a market: [as n.] (marketing)
some people liked to do their marketing very early in the morning.
PHRASES:
be in the market for
wish to buy.
make a market Finance
take part in active dealing in particular shares or other assets.
on the market
available for sale:
he bought every new gadget as it came on the market.DERIVATIVES:
mar·ket·er
n.
ORIGIN: Middle English, via Anglo-Norman French from Latin mercatus, from mercari ‘buy’ (see also merchant).
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