1. market(n = noun.act) market place, marketplace - the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace"
is a kind of activity
has parts: business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise
has particulars: black market, buyer's market, buyers' market, soft market, gray market, grey market, seller's market, sellers' market, labor market, monopoly, monopsony, oligopoly
Derived forms verb market4, verb market1
2. market(n = noun.group) - the customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it"
is a kind of class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum
has particulars: black market
Derived form verb market1
3. market(n = noun.artifact) food market, grocery, grocery store - a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market"
is a kind of market, market place, marketplace, mart
has parts: shelf
has particulars: greengrocery, supermarket
Derived forms verb market3, verb market2
4. market(n = noun.group) securities industry - the securities markets in the aggregate; "the market always frustrates the small investor"
is a kind of industry
has particulars: bear market, bull market, the city, the street, wall street, money market
5. market(n = noun.artifact) market place, marketplace, mart - an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up;
is a kind of mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet
has particulars: agora, public square, bazaar, bazar, food market, grocery, grocery store, market, market square, open-air market, open-air marketplace, slave market, agora
1. market(v = verb.possession) - engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products"
is one way to merchandise, trade
Derived forms noun market1, noun market2, adjective marketable3, adjective marketable2, noun marketer1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
2. market(v = verb.possession) - buy household supplies; "We go marketing every Saturday"
is one way to shop
Derived form noun market3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
3. market(v = verb.possession) - deal in a market;
is one way to deal, sell, trade
Derived forms noun market3, noun marketing3, noun marketing1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP
4. market(v = verb.change) commercialise, commercialize - make commercial; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived forms noun market1, adjective marketable3, adjective marketable1, adjective marketable2, noun marketing2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
1. A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of buying and selling (as cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week; a farmers' market. [1913 Webster]
"He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares
At wakes, and wassails, meetings, markets, fairs." [1913 Webster]
"Three women and a goose make a market." [1913 Webster]
2. A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold. [1913 Webster]
"There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool." [1913 Webster]
3. An opportunity for selling or buying anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods; there are none for sale on the market; the best price on the market. [1913 Webster]
"There is a third thing to be considered: how a market can be created for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the market." [1913 Webster]
4. Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market. [1913 Webster]
5. The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth. [1913 Webster]
"What is a man
If his chief good and market of his time
Be but to sleep and feed?" [1913 Webster]
6. The privelege granted to a town of having a public market. [1913 Webster]
7. A specified group of potential buyers, or a region in which goods may be sold; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, the under-30 market; the New Jersey market. [PJC]
" Market is often used adjectively, or in forming compounds of obvious meaning; as, market basket, market day, market folk, market house, marketman, market place, market price, market rate, market wagon, market woman, and the like." [1913 Webster]
To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods. [1913 Webster]
To expose for sale in a market; to traffic in; to sell in a market, and in an extended sense, to sell in any manner; as, most of the farmes have marketed their crops. [1913 Webster]
"Industrious merchants meet, and market there
The world's collected wealth." [1913 Webster]
market, n. & v.
--n.
1 a the gathering of people for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, etc., esp. with a number of different vendors. b the time of this.
2 an open space or covered building used for this.
3 (often foll. by for) a demand for a commodity or service (goods find a ready market).
4 a place or group providing such a demand.
5 conditions as regards, or opportunity for, buying or selling.
6 the rate of purchase and sale, market value (the market fell).
7 (prec. by the) the trade in a specified commodity (the corn market).
8 (the Market) Brit. the European Economic Community.
--v. (marketed, marketing)
1 tr. sell.
2 tr. offer for sale.
3 intr. buy or sell goods in a market.
Idiom:
be in the market for wish to buy. be on (or come into) the market be offered for sale. make a market Stock Exch. induce active dealing in a stock or shares. market cross a structure erected in a market-place, orig. a stone cross, later an arcaded building. market-day a day on which a market is regularly held, usu. weekly. market garden a place where vegetables and fruit are grown for the market etc. market gardener a person who owns or is employed in a market garden. market maker Brit. a member of the Stock Exchange granted certain privileges and trading to prescribed regulations. market-place
1 an open space where a market is held in a town.
2 the scene of actual dealings. market price the price in current dealings. market research the study of consumers' needs and preferences. market town Brit. a town where a market is held. market value value as a saleable thing (opp. book value). put on the market offer for sale.
Derivative:
marketer n. marketing n.
Etymology:
ME ult. f. L mercatus f. mercari buy: see MERCHANT
VB buy, purchase, invest in, procure, rent, repurchase, buy in, keep in one's pay, bribe, suborn, pay, spend, make a purchase, complete a purchase, buy over the counter, shop, market, go shopping.
N mart, market, marketplace, fair, bazaar, staple, exchange, change, bourse, hall, guildhall, tollbooth, customhouse, Tattersall's, stall, booth, stand, newsstand, cart, wagon, wharf, office, chambers, countinghouse, bureau, counter, compter, shop, emporium, establishment, store, department store, general store, five and ten, variety store, co-op, finding store, grindery warehouse, grocery, supermarket, candy store, sweet shop, confectionery, bakery, greengrocer, delicatessen, bakeshop, butcher shop, fish store, farmers' market, mom and pop store, dairy, health food store, tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's, florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store, lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center, gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer, mall, suburban mall, commons, pedestrian mall, shopping street, surplus store, army-navy surplus store, auction, flea market, yard sale, garage sale, pawn shop, antiques store, second-hand store, second time around shop, thrift shop, warehouse, wareroom, depot, interposit, entrepot, market-overt, real-estate broker, vending machine.
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