| 单词 | to make a market |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make (a) market b. †to make (a) market and variants: to trade, do business, bring off a deal; (also figurative) to have dealings (or occasionally sexual intercourse) with a person (obsolete). to make a (also one's) market of: to make a profit from (one's goods); to victimize or exploit (a person); to profit from (an illicit action). to make (out) one's market (now Scottish): to buy and sell produce; to do one's shopping. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > [verb (intransitive)] cheapc1000 chaffer1340 to make (a) market1340 merchandisec1384 merchantc1400 occupy1525 traffic1537 trade1557 to make a (also one's) mart1562 commerce1587 converse1598 negotiate1601 mart1602 intertraffic1603 nundinate1623 deala1627 market1636 correspond1682 to make (out) one's market1714 the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > be involved in or have to do with something entermetec1300 to make (a) market1340 meddlec1390 to do with ——a1400 mell1416 intermeddle1477 intermell1480 to have art or (and) part ina1500 participate1531 to have a finger (also hand) in the pie?1553 tigc1598 get1727 concern1791 involve1843 to mix up1882 tew1891 to screw with ——1973 society > trade and finance > bargaining > bargain over [verb (transitive)] bargain1483 to make a (also one's) mart1562 to make a (also one's) market of1579 huckster1642 needle1819 Jew1825 pricea1845 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > be profitable to > exploit for gain to make a (also one's) market of1713 parlay1901 profiteer1917 1340 [see sense 5a]. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 421 (MED) In his slepe he saȝe..Amon..in armes with his qwene, And make with hire market as [he] a man were. 1522 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 203 That na Scottisman or woman intercommoun with Inglishmen nor mak marcat with thame. 1577 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 658 He..ressavit ane coip bill as ane marchand, gevand him licence to mak marcat in the cuntre. 1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Sept. 37 They..maken a market [1579–91 mart] of their good name. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. G4v God wot he was Petro Desperato, when I stepping to hir with a dunstable tale made vp my market. 1605 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1876) I. 230 It is..ordainit..that it salbe leasum to owttintownis fleschouris ilk day in the oulk to mak markat of flesche in this towne. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. sig. ⁋17 It is a grieuous thing..to neglect a great faire, and to seeke to make markets afterwards. 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 237 He that meanes to make a good market of his ware, must watch an opportunity to open his shop. 1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel 16 The next for Interest sought t'..make their Jewish Markets of the Throne. 1713 R. Steele in Guardian 18 Mar. 1/2 With his ready Mony the Builder, Mason and Carpenter are enabled to make their Market of Gentlemen..who inconsiderately employ them. 1714 J. Gay Shepherd's Week iv. 121 I made my market long before 'twas night, My purse grew heavy, and my basket light. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 136 A mother base enough to make a market of her own flesh and blood. 1797 E. Burke Three Mem. French Affairs 170 Prussia..thinks of nothing but making a market of the present confusions. 1797 Aberdeen Mag. 463 On Friday last, a young woman called at a shop, and asked the loan of 2s. to make out her market. 1833 B. Webster Paul Clifford iii. ii. 64 He, as the marriage had been stolen and private.., made the lordly fool believe it a forged marriage,..and washed out the stain with the water of another word—he made a market of a mistress, not a wife. 1866 J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. 124 I have made a good market of my corn. 1913 M. J. Cawein Republic iii. 12 The sons of Greed, who make a market of lies. to make a market b. Stock Market. to make a market: (originally) to induce active dealing in a stock or share by both buying and selling at about the same price; (subsequently also) to bring a share issue to public notice by interesting dealers in buying large blocks of shares; (hence, more generally) to deal wholesale in shares. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > deal in stocks and shares [verb (intransitive)] > specific operations soften1565 to get out1728 bear1837 to rig the (stock) market1841 stag1845 cornera1860 to straddle the market1870 raid1889 to make a market1899 to job backwards1907 to mark to (the) market1925 short1959 daisy-chain1979 to pitch for ——1983 1870 W. W. Fowler Ten Years in Wall St. i. 28 Their object being to elevate the price of stocks by owning a controlling interest and making a market price so that they can unload at a large advance on the price at which they bought.] 1899 Westm. Gaz. 6 Mar. 8/1 Amongst the points in company law reform..the next [question] will relate to the old abuse of making a market. 1941 Jrnl. Business Univ. Chicago 14 376 They endeavour to interest jobbers in taking blocks of the shares on their books and, in this way, make a market in the issue. 1961 Fortune Dec. 99/2 A dealer who ‘makes a market’ in the stock is offering to buy some, for his own inventory, at 7½; and he has some stock on hand that he will sell at 8. 1997 Jrnl. Finance 52 667 A large relative tick size also encourages dealers to make a market in a stock. < as lemmas |
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