marketing

noun4

1. •
   The promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service; the work of a marketer; includes market research and advertising.

   • Between 2000 and 2019, North Dakota and South Dakota both experienced a rapid increase in the Asian American population, said Minnesota State University Moorhead marketing professor Hyun Sang An. — 2024
2. •
   Buying and/or selling in a market (street market or market fair).
3. •
   (old-fashioned) Attending market as a seller.

   • Marketing was a time-consuming task for truck farming families, as the round trip could take most of the day.
4. •
   (Philippines, no longer used) Shopping, going to market as a buyer.

   • [Wife to husband:] I'm going out to do my marketing – keep out of the kitchen, while I'm gone. — 1926