market
mar·ket / ˈmärkit/ • n. 1. a regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other commodities: farmers going to market. ∎ 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. ∎ a demand for a particular commodity or service: there is a market for ornamental daggers. ∎ the state of trade at a particular time or in a particular context: the bottom's fallen out of the market. ∎ the free market; the operation of supply and demand: future development cannot simply be left to the market | [as adj.] a market economy. ∎ a stock market.• v. (-ket·ed, -ket·ing) [tr.] advertise or promote (something): the product was marketed under the name “aspirin.” ∎ 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).