grey marketgray marketn.

Brit.

/ˌɡreɪ ˈmɑːkɪt/, U.S.

/ˌɡreɪ ˈmɑrkət/

Forms: see grey adj. and n. and market n.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grey n., market n.; grey adj., market n.

Etymology: Probably partly (in sense 1) < grey n. + market n., and partly (in senses 2 and 3) < grey adj. + market n. In sense 3 punningly after black market n.

1. The market in unbleached or undyed fabrics. Cf. grey n. 4b. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in specific textiles

frippery1599

woolage1611

mercership1647

(the) Mercery1662

rag trade1745

hosiery1789

grey market1825

narrow-trade1827

costumer1830

linendrapery1849

wool-stapling1888

broad trade-

1825 Edinb. Advertiser 27 Sept. 612/2 The derangement in business which the spring speculation in cotton caused still continues to a very considerable extent... In the grey market, stocks are not heavy, except of some sorts of low goods.

1853 A. Prentice Hist. Anti-Corn-Law League I. iv. 54 We are happy to have it in our power to state that the grey market this week has undergone a decided improvement.

1929 Abilene (Texas) Morning News 29 Jan. 13/6 Cotton goods in the gray market were quiet today.

2. Trading in a security prior to its official quotation on the Stock Exchange; a market for this.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements > disreputable

poison pill1653

rig1826

cornering1841

wash-sale1848

washing1849

market-rigging1851

corner1853

watering1868

wreck1876

manipulation1888

wash1891

market mongering1901

matched orders1903

grey market1933

bond washing1937

warehousing1971

bed-and-breakfasting1974

dawn raid1980

1933 Financial Times 28 June 6/7 The Bank of Brazil may increase the amount of exchange made available for the ‘grey’ market.

1979 Amer. Banker 18 May 2/3 In trying to strike at the ‘grey market’ in unissued bonds, the AIBD is attempting to muffle, if not eradicate, a glaring demonstration of the issuing market's imperfections.

1989 Observer 5 Nov. 26/2 Because of the threat of a grey market developing in water shares, the intention is to start official dealings on 12 December.

2011 Irish Times (Nexis) 3 Aug. (Finance section) 16 Shares..are to be traded on a grey market if a plan to restructure the company is passed by shareholders.

3. Legal but arguably unethical traffic or trade in any officially controlled goods or currencies, or in commodities in short supply; trading through informal or unauthorized channels; a market for this. Also in on the grey market: in informal, unauthorized, or unethical trade of this kind. Cf. black market n., white market n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1f.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > [noun] > unauthorized trading

interloperie1612

interloping1615

grey market1934

1934 A. J. Toynbee Surv. Internat. Affairs 1934 51 The remaining export bills could be sold at a limited premium on the 'grey' market.

1943 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 8 32 Farmers will favor friends and relatives freely, but this has been called the ‘gray market’ in contrast to the urban organized ‘black market’.

1946 Life 1 Apr. 32/1 In the Rocky Mountain region there is a gray market in toilet paper.

1957 New Scientist 21 Mar. 42/1 Even the higher quotation comes nowhere near the rate some consumers have been prepared to pay on the grey market.

1963 Listener 14 Feb. 275/2 In the [Czechoslovakian] countryside there is a gigantic grey market where the collective farms get together to defeat the demands of the state.

1977 Harvard Business Rev. Jan. 102/1 American primary producers were selling direct..to overseas purchasers who resold the goods to American users. Gray markets are hardly new and are almost certain to give rise to peculiar marketing channels during times of product shortage.

2004 W. St. John Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer 173 The games are technically sold out, but there's a bustling gray market for tickets.

Compounds

General attributive (in senses 2 and 3).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > [noun] > black market

black market1727

black marketeering1942

black marketing1942

grey marketing1945

grey market1948

magendo1977

1948 Princeton Alumni Weekly Feb. 27/1 Pete Kikes..turned up, having left his grey market activities in the import-export business alone for the lunch hour.

1961 D. L. Burn Steel Industry 1939–59 viii. 510 Some of the regular merchants..may have become involved in ‘grey market’ operations.

1986 Times 16 Sept. 29/3 A big premium on Trustee Savings Bank shares has already emerged in ‘grey market’ trading before the shares have even been issued.

1997 Vanity Fair Feb. 143/3 The Rolls-Royce whizzing by on Sunset Boulevard was an illegal ‘gray market’ car.

2001 Times 6 July i. 28/3 The grey market price of shares in Friends Provident fell yesterday ahead of today's formal pricing.

Derivatives

grey ˈmarketer n. = grey marketeer n.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > petty or sordid

broker1393

hucker14..

huckster1556

trucker1598

hucksterer1724

truckster1843

trade rat1876

grey marketeer1942

grey marketer1943

cowboy1972

1943 Morning Herald (Hagerstown, Maryland) 22 Oct. 1/4 She said there would be a continued need to prevent available food from being unequally distributed not only by ‘black marketers’ but by a new wartime species—the ‘grey marketer’.

1985 Fortune 7 Jan. 67/2 Gray-marketers can profitably sell an ounce of the French Opium perfume to an American consumer for about $75, compared with $165 through the manufacturers' channels.

2010 Windsor (Ont.) Star (Nexis) 2 Oct. a1 The company can be sued if it doesn't take action to stop grey marketers.

grey ˈmarketing n. = grey marketeering n. at grey marketeer n. Derivatives.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > [noun] > black market

black market1727

black marketeering1942

black marketing1942

grey marketing1945

grey market1948

magendo1977

1945 Laredo (Texas) Times 18 Sept. 3/2 Since these wholesalers handle 60 per cent of the meat in city and suburban areas, their dilemma—‘gray marketing’ or bankruptcy—accounts for..the high prices of..the shortages which housewives suffered during the war.

1984 Financial Times 23 Feb. i. 4/4 Duracell, the U.S. battery producer, has mounted a two-pronged assault against ‘grey marketing’.

2006 K. Moore & N. Pareek Marketing iv. 80 Grey marketing..refers to the flow of goods through distribution channels other than those authorized by the manufacturer or producer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	grey market
释义	grey marketgray marketn. Brit. /ˌɡreɪ ˈmɑːkɪt/, U.S. /ˌɡreɪ ˈmɑrkət/ Forms: see grey adj. and n. and market n. Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: grey n., market n.; grey adj., market n. Etymology: Probably partly (in sense 1) < grey n. + market n., and partly (in senses 2 and 3) < grey adj. + market n. In sense 3 punningly after black market n. 1. The market in unbleached or undyed fabrics. Cf. grey n. 4b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in specific textiles frippery1599 woolage1611 mercership1647 (the) Mercery1662 rag trade1745 hosiery1789 grey market1825 narrow-trade1827 costumer1830 linendrapery1849 wool-stapling1888 broad trade- 1825 Edinb. Advertiser 27 Sept. 612/2 The derangement in business which the spring speculation in cotton caused still continues to a very considerable extent... In the grey market, stocks are not heavy, except of some sorts of low goods. 1853 A. Prentice Hist. Anti-Corn-Law League I. iv. 54 We are happy to have it in our power to state that the grey market this week has undergone a decided improvement. 1929 Abilene (Texas) Morning News 29 Jan. 13/6 Cotton goods in the gray market were quiet today. 2. Trading in a security prior to its official quotation on the Stock Exchange; a market for this. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements > disreputable poison pill1653 rig1826 cornering1841 wash-sale1848 washing1849 market-rigging1851 corner1853 watering1868 wreck1876 manipulation1888 wash1891 market mongering1901 matched orders1903 grey market1933 bond washing1937 warehousing1971 bed-and-breakfasting1974 dawn raid1980 1933 Financial Times 28 June 6/7 The Bank of Brazil may increase the amount of exchange made available for the ‘grey’ market. 1979 Amer. Banker 18 May 2/3 In trying to strike at the ‘grey market’ in unissued bonds, the AIBD is attempting to muffle, if not eradicate, a glaring demonstration of the issuing market's imperfections. 1989 Observer 5 Nov. 26/2 Because of the threat of a grey market developing in water shares, the intention is to start official dealings on 12 December. 2011 Irish Times (Nexis) 3 Aug. (Finance section) 16 Shares..are to be traded on a grey market if a plan to restructure the company is passed by shareholders. 3. Legal but arguably unethical traffic or trade in any officially controlled goods or currencies, or in commodities in short supply; trading through informal or unauthorized channels; a market for this. Also in on the grey market: in informal, unauthorized, or unethical trade of this kind. Cf. black market n., white market n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1f. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > [noun] > unauthorized trading interloperie1612 interloping1615 grey market1934 1934 A. J. Toynbee Surv. Internat. Affairs 1934 51 The remaining export bills could be sold at a limited premium on the 'grey' market. 1943 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 8 32 Farmers will favor friends and relatives freely, but this has been called the ‘gray market’ in contrast to the urban organized ‘black market’. 1946 Life 1 Apr. 32/1 In the Rocky Mountain region there is a gray market in toilet paper. 1957 New Scientist 21 Mar. 42/1 Even the higher quotation comes nowhere near the rate some consumers have been prepared to pay on the grey market. 1963 Listener 14 Feb. 275/2 In the [Czechoslovakian] countryside there is a gigantic grey market where the collective farms get together to defeat the demands of the state. 1977 Harvard Business Rev. Jan. 102/1 American primary producers were selling direct..to overseas purchasers who resold the goods to American users. Gray markets are hardly new and are almost certain to give rise to peculiar marketing channels during times of product shortage. 2004 W. St. John Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer 173 The games are technically sold out, but there's a bustling gray market for tickets. Compounds General attributive (in senses 2 and 3). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > [noun] > black market black market1727 black marketeering1942 black marketing1942 grey marketing1945 grey market1948 magendo1977 1948 Princeton Alumni Weekly Feb. 27/1 Pete Kikes..turned up, having left his grey market activities in the import-export business alone for the lunch hour. 1961 D. L. Burn Steel Industry 1939–59 viii. 510 Some of the regular merchants..may have become involved in ‘grey market’ operations. 1986 Times 16 Sept. 29/3 A big premium on Trustee Savings Bank shares has already emerged in ‘grey market’ trading before the shares have even been issued. 1997 Vanity Fair Feb. 143/3 The Rolls-Royce whizzing by on Sunset Boulevard was an illegal ‘gray market’ car. 2001 Times 6 July i. 28/3 The grey market price of shares in Friends Provident fell yesterday ahead of today's formal pricing. Derivatives grey ˈmarketer n. = grey marketeer n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > [noun] > petty or sordid broker1393 hucker14.. huckster1556 trucker1598 hucksterer1724 truckster1843 trade rat1876 grey marketeer1942 grey marketer1943 cowboy1972 1943 Morning Herald (Hagerstown, Maryland) 22 Oct. 1/4 She said there would be a continued need to prevent available food from being unequally distributed not only by ‘black marketers’ but by a new wartime species—the ‘grey marketer’. 1985 Fortune 7 Jan. 67/2 Gray-marketers can profitably sell an ounce of the French Opium perfume to an American consumer for about $75, compared with $165 through the manufacturers' channels. 2010 Windsor (Ont.) Star (Nexis) 2 Oct. a1 The company can be sued if it doesn't take action to stop grey marketers. grey ˈmarketing n. = grey marketeering n. at grey marketeer n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > illegal or immoral trading > [noun] > black market black market1727 black marketeering1942 black marketing1942 grey marketing1945 grey market1948 magendo1977 1945 Laredo (Texas) Times 18 Sept. 3/2 Since these wholesalers handle 60 per cent of the meat in city and suburban areas, their dilemma—‘gray marketing’ or bankruptcy—accounts for..the high prices of..the shortages which housewives suffered during the war. 1984 Financial Times 23 Feb. i. 4/4 Duracell, the U.S. battery producer, has mounted a two-pronged assault against ‘grey marketing’. 2006 K. Moore & N. Pareek Marketing iv. 80 Grey marketing..refers to the flow of goods through distribution channels other than those authorized by the manufacturer or producer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1825
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