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market

UK /ˈmɑːkɪt/US /ˈmɑɹkɪt/

noun 8
verb 5
forms 3
phrases 7

noun8

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a gathering at which sellers set out goods and people come to buy them, often on the same day each week
- The right to hold a weekly market was an invaluable privilege not given to all towns in the Middle Ages.
- There's a market every Thursday and Saturday in the town square.
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A formally organized, sometimes monopolistic, system of trading in specified goods or effects.
- The stock market ceased to be monopolized by the paper-shuffling national stock exchanges with the advent of Internet markets.
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A group of potential or current customers for one's product.
- We believe that the market for the new widget will be the older homeowner.
- Senior citizens are our core market at present, and we can't afford to alienate them as we explore other markets.
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A geographical area or region where a certain commercial demand exists.
- Foreign markets were lost as our currency rose versus their valuta.
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A relatively spacious outdoor or covered site where traders set up stalls, either temporarily or permanently or semi-permanently, and buyers browse the merchandise.
- This site on North Street used to be the market, until it was redeveloped.
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Any physical store selling groceries, such as a grocery store or convenience store.
- Stop by the market on your way home and pick up some milk.
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The price for which a thing is sold in a market; hence, value or worth; market value.
- Q: What's the market on such a thing, nowadays? A: Oh, no less than forty, I should reckon.
The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities.

verb5

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To make (products or services) available for sale and promote them.
- We plan to market an ecology model by next quarter.
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to offer a product, service or idea to people and try to make them want it, often through advertising
- However, the intention here is not to market any particular belief, but rather to catalyze people to think more about life after death and its meaning in the face of grief and loss. — 1994
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To sell.
- We marketed more this quarter already than all last year!
to buy or sell food and other goods in a public place where many sellers gather
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To shop in a market; to attend a market.
- We did a little shopping; but I cannot remember much of the town. It was Saturday night, and all Perth was marketing. — 1887

forms

marketed · marketing · markets

Phrases with market

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