market1 nounmarket2 verb
marketmar‧ket1 /ˈmɑːkɪt $ ˈmɑːr-/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 
WORD ORIGINmarket1
Origin:
1100-1200 Old North French, Latin mercatus ‘buying and selling, marketplace’, from mercari ‘to buy and sell’, from merx ‘things to sell’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Capitalism is based on a belief in the market.
- I bet you could have got that cheaper at the market.
- I went down to the flower market to get these - aren't they gorgeous?
- Japanese cars account for about 30% of the U.S. car market.
- The market for Internet-based products has grown dramatically in recent years.
- The magazine is aimed at the youth market.
- Without research we can't be sure of the size of our market or even who our market is.
- You occasionally see eel in the fish market, but it's quite rare these days.
- Both countries seem destined to make their mark on the red wine market with cabernet sauvignon and merlot.
- Every market is full of people who are looking for products, even when no jobs are being advertised.
- If rates go up another percentage point, however, they could seriously dampen the rebounding market.
- Many US-owned maquilas claim to be in the market for locally produced materials and components, backward linkages.
- September looked set to be a dead month for mortgages, prompting fears of a further collapse in the market.
- Sorrel was on duty at her stall on the corner of the flea market, so that was my first port of call.
- The technology-heavy Nasdaq market and the Russell 2000 index of smaller company stocks were flirting record highs after erasing their early losses.
THESAURUS
especially British English, store especially American English a building or place where things are sold: · She's gone to the shops to get some milk.· a clothes shop· Our local store has sold out of sugar for making jam.
a small shop that sells fashionable clothes or other objects: · a little boutique which specializes in bath products.
British English a very large shop, especially one that is built outside the centre of a city: · Out-of-town superstores have taken business away from shops in the city centre.
a very large shop that is divided into several big parts, each of which sells one type of thing, such as clothes, furniture, or kitchen equipment: · He went around all the big department stores in Oxford Street.
(also grocery store American English) a very large shop that sells food, drinks, and things that people need regularly in their homes: · Supermarkets have cut down the number of plastic bags they distribute by 50%.
a shop where you can get your hair washed, cut curled etc
British English, nursery especially American English a place that sells a wide range of plants, seeds, and things for your garden: · Your local garden centre can advise you on which plants to grow.
formal a shop that sells things for less than the usual price, especially things from a particular company or things of a particular type: · The book is available from most retail outlets.
an area, usually outdoors, where people buy and sell many different types of things: · I usually buy our vegetables at the market – they're much cheaper there.
especially American English a large area where there are a lot of shops, especially a large building: · A new restaurant has opened at the mall.· We used to hang around together at the mall.
American English a row of shops built together, with a large area for parking cars in front of it: · Strip malls can seem rather impersonal.
someone who buys goods or services from a shop or company: · Customers were waiting for the shop to open.· The bank is one of our biggest customers.
someone who pays for a service from a professional person or company: · He has a meeting with one of his clients.· The company buys and sells shares on behalf of their clients
someone who goes to the shops looking for things to buy: · The streets were full of Christmas shoppers.
someone who pays to stay in a hotel: · Guests must leave their rooms by 10 am.
formal a customer of a particular shop, restaurant, or hotel – usually written on signs: · The notice said ‘Parking for Patrons Only’.
someone who is getting medical treatment from a doctor, or in a hospital: · He is a patient of Dr Williams.
anyone who buys goods or uses services – used when considering these people as a group who have particular rights, needs, or behaviour: · Consumers are demanding more environmentally-friendly products.· the rights of the consumer· The law is designed to protect consumers who buy goods on the Internet.
the number of people who want to buy a product, or the type of people who want to buy it: · The market for organic food is growing all the time.· a magazine aimed at the youth market
formal the type of customers that a particular shop, restaurant etc gets: · The hotel has a very upmarket clientele.· They have a wealthy international clientele.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who buys goods or services someone who buys goods from a particular shop, restaurant, or company: · We don't get many customers on Mondays - Saturday is our busiest day.· The barman was serving the last customer of the evening.· Ford has launched a big sales campaign in an effort to bring in new customers.biggest customer (=the customer who buys the most goods): · The Defense Department is one of Lockheed's biggest regular customers.
the people in a shop or town who are buying things: · The streets were crowded with Christmas shoppers.
someone who pays for services or advice from a professional person or organization: · Mr Langston normally meets with clients in the afternoon.· Elkins assured the judge that neither of his clients had a criminal record.· The firm is one of our oldest clients - we don't want to lose them.
someone who buys something expensive such as a house, company, or painting, usually from another person, not a shop or company: · We couldn't find a buyer for our house, so we weren't able to move after all.· They've had a lot of enquiries about the company - there's no shortage of potential buyers.
someone who buys and uses goods and services - use this especially to talk about people who buy things in general: · Consumers are demanding more environmentally friendly products.· The consumer is interested in high quality goods, not just low prices.
the people who regularly use a particular shop, restaurant etc, or the services of a professional person: · The hotel's clientele includes diplomats and Hollywood celebrities.· Madame Zara caters for a very select clientele.
the number of people who want to buy a product, or the type of people who want to buy it: · The magazine is aimed at the youth market.· Without research we can't be sure of the size of our market or even who our market is.market for: · The market for Internet-based products has grown dramatically in recent years.
when something is too expensive if you can't afford something, you do not have enough money to buy it or pay for it: · I really need a new coat, but I can't afford one.can't afford to do something: · We couldn't afford to go on holiday last year.can't afford it: · Hiring a lawyer would be expensive, and she just couldn't afford it.
prices, charges, rents etc that are exorbitant or extortionate , are very much higher than they should be, and you think they are unfair: · The restaurant charges exorbitant prices for very ordinary food.· Interest rates for some of the credit cards are extortionate.
spoken informal you say something is a rip-off when you think someone is unfairly charging too much money for it: · Eighty dollars for a pair of jeans? What a rip-off!a complete/total rip-off: · The vacation package we bought ended up being a total rip-off.
prices or costs that are prohibitive or prohibitively expensive are so high that people cannot pay them or decide not to pay them because they are too expensive: · For most people, the cost of living in the centre of town is prohibitive.· The computer was superior to other models, but it was prohibitively expensive.
prices that are much higher than usual and much higher than they should be, so that the person who charges them can make a big profit: · Nightclubs often charge inflated prices for drinks.at inflated prices: · Some people buy large blocks of tickets and then try to sell them at vastly inflated prices.
informal prices, charges, rents etc that are steep seem unusually or surprisingly high: · I think £7 for a drink is a bit steep, don't you?· It's hard to find an apartment around here, and when you do the rents are pretty steep.
British /be highway robbery American informal if you say that a price or charge is daylight robbery or highway robbery you mean it is very much higher than it should be: · I'm not paying £5 for an ice-cream - that's daylight robbery!· We knew it was highway robbery, but we had no choice but to pay.
to make something so expensive that people will no longer buy it because they can buy something similar at a lower price: be priced out of the market: · British electrical equipment is likely to be priced out of the market by cheap imports.price yourself out of the market: · Ford don't want to raise its prices any more - it's worried about pricing itself out of the market.
to stop selling something if a company takes a product off the market , it stops producing it and shops stop selling it: · The mineral water was taken off the market while tests were being made.· Sales of the newspaper were so poor that it was taken off the market within a couple of months.· The Federal Drug Administration has said that all products containing the additive must be taken off the market immediately.
if a shop or a company withdraws a product, it makes it unavailable for people to buy by removing it from shops: · Newsagents across the country have withdrawn the magazine after numerous complaints from women's groups.· After two children had been hurt, the company was forced to withdraw the toy from store shelves.withdraw something from sale: · Christmas decorations were withdrawn from sale yesterday following a fire-risk warning.
if a company recalls a product, they ask all the shops that sell it and the people that have bought it to send it back to them for checking, because there may be something wrong with it: · Thousands of car baby-seats have had to be recalled after a fault was discovered in the safety harness.· The company voluntarily recalled about 11,000 of the devices to check them for defects.
available for people to buy if something is for sale , the person who owns it wants to sell it: · There are several houses for sale in our street.· There was "for sale" notice in the car's window.· The festival will have food and crafts for sale, games for children, and music.
if something such as a house, a shop, or a piece of land is up for sale , it has been publicly announced that it is available for people to buy: · The house has been up for sale for months.· Several subsidiary businesses are up for sale.
if a product is on sale , you can buy it in the shops: · These cameras are on sale in most electrical stores.go on sale (=begin to be available): · The new model Toyota goes on sale next month.
goods that are on the market are available for people to buy - use this especially when you are comparing products of the same general type: · It's one of the cheapest computers on the market.· There may be better shoes on the market, but this is the one the kids want.on the market for: · The house was on the market for $475,000.
to make something available for people to buy also come/go on the market · We put our house on the market last September and we still haven't sold it.· The drug came on the market in the late 1990s and has been widely prescribed.· The car will probably sell for around $50,000 when it goes on the market.· Most wines are left to mature before they are put on the market.
to make something such as a house, business, or piece of land available for people to buy: · The historic property has been put up for sale.· After the merger, parts of the business are likely to be put up for sale.
if a company brings out a new product that they have made, they make it available for people to buy: bring out something: · Kodak brought out a camera which stores up to 100 images on a computer disc.bring something out: · The two cookbooks have sold well, and Doubleday is bringing them out in new paperback editions.
if a company launches a new product, they publicly announce, especially with a lot of advertising, that it is available for people to buy: · Fiat launched a tiny "city car" especially for Europe's narrow, crowded streets.· Fezza, the clothes designer, launched his first collection in 1980.
to print a book, magazine, or newspaper and make it available for people to buy: · Ladybird publish books for young children.· Amateur Photographer is published every Tuesday.· Rowling's latest Harry Potter novel sold millions of copies as soon as it was published.
if a company releases a record or film, it makes it available for people to buy or see: · Her new album will be released at the end of the month.· Carrey's new comedy is due to be released in the US very soon.
a lot of shops together in one place British /shopping center American an area in a town where there are a lot of shops that have all been built together in the same place: · The boy was found dead two days after he disappeared from a shopping centre.· They had a big Santa exhibition on at the shopping center.
especially American a very large building with lots of shops inside it, and often also cinemas, restaurants etc: · We'll probably go to the mall and check out the beds there.· It's difficult to get a parking space at Shepherd's Mall.
American a row of shops in one long building that has space to park cars around it: · Strip malls were springing up all over town, and the local residents were up in arms.
British an area of a town where there are a lot of shops, especially one where vehicles are not allowed: · They've got a lovely new Burton's open in the precinct now.shopping precinct: · They wandered around the shopping precinct for an hour while Suzie was having her hair cut.pedestrian precinct: · I think they should make the whole area a pedestrian precinct.
an area, usually outdoors, where people buy and sell many different types of things: · I bet you could have got that cheaper at the market.· You occasionally see eel in the fish market, but it's quite rare these days.farmer's market (=place where farmers can sell what they grow and other food): flea market (=place where old and used things are sold)
people who work in a shop British /sales clerk American someone whose job is to serve customers and sell things in a shop, especially in a big shop such as a department store: · She was a bit rude, that shop assistant, don't you think?· I'm working weekends as a sales clerk.
someone who is in charge of a shop: · I'd like to see the manager please.branch/area manager (=someone who is manager of all the shops owned by one particular company in one area): · Ron was promoted to branch manager of the North West region.
British someone who owns or manages a small shop: · A lot of the smaller shopkeepers didn't have any insurance at all.· The money for the Christmas lights was raised by a group of local shopkeepers, who want to attract shoppers to the area.
British someone who sells things in a market: · The market traders have started a petition to try and stop the development going ahead.
WORD SETSafter-sales service, agro-industry, nounarcade, nounB2B exchange, nounB2C, adjectivebakery, nounbar code, nounbargain, nounbarrier to trade, nounbarrow, nounbazaar, nounbid, nounbid, verbbidding, nounbid-rigging, nounboard of directors, nounBOL, bonded factory, bookshop, nounbookstall, nounbookstore, nounbook token, nounboom, nounboom, verbboot sale, nounboutique, nounboxed, adjectivebreakdown clause, B/S, business agent, business interruption insurance, business liability insurance, buyback, nounbuyer, nounbuying power, C&F, callback, nouncarrying charge, cash and carry, nouncash basis, nouncash desk, nouncash discount, nouncash generation, cash price, cash register, nouncasualty insurance, CFI, CFR, chain store, nounchamber of trade, nouncheckout, nounCIF, CIP, clearance sale, nounclosed-door policy, nounComdex, nouncommercial agent, common ownership, comparative advantage, competitive advantage, competitive strategy, completion date, concessionaire, nounconsign, verbconsignee, nounconsignment, nounconsignor, nounconsolidator, nounconsumer, nounconsumer confidence, nounconsumerism, nounconsumer society, nouncontinuous improvement, conversion rate, corn exchange, nouncorporate investment, cost, nouncost price, nouncreative brief, credit, nouncredit account, nouncredit control, credit note, nouncreditor turnover rate, nouncredit terms, credit voucher, nouncustom, nouncustomer, nouncustomer capital, cutover, nouncut-price, adjectivedealership, noundebit account, declaration insurance, deliverable, noundelivery date, delivery receipt, deputy chairman, dime store, noundirect investment, disability insurance, discount, noundiscounting, noundispenser, noundistribute, verbdistributive, adjectivedocket, noundocumentary credit, domestic investment, draft terms, draper, noundrive-in, noundrive-in store, -driven, suffixdrop-shipping, nounDutch auction, nounearnings, nounEFQM Excellence Model, electronic point of sale, embargo, verbemporium, nounescalator clause, escape clause, executive chairman, expiration date, export, nounexport, verbexport credit, exporter, nounexport insurance, extended credit, external competitiveness, EXW, factory shop, fair dealing, financial investment, first-tier supplier, flat, adjectiveflea market, nounfleet terms, florist, nounfor-profit, adjectivefree market, nounfree port, nounfreight, nounfreight, verbfront end, nounfutures market, noungift certificate, noungift token, noungift-wrap, verbgiveaway, nounglut, noungoodwill, noungrandfather clause, greengrocer, noungross margin, noungross national product, noungross profit, nounguaranteed price, halo effect, handle, verbhandling charge, nounhigh street, nounhome product, hookup, nounHP, nounindent, nounindirect sale, industrial estate, nouninstallment plan, nouninstalment, nounInternet Service Provider, inventory, nouninvestment goods, invoice, nouninvoice, verbjob order, kanban system, layaway, nounleasing, nounliability insurance, license, verbline, nounlist price, nounlong-term credit, loss leader, nounlot, nounlumberyard, nounmail order, nounmarkdown, nounmarket, nounmarket-driven, adjectivemarket economy, nounmarket forces, nounmarketing, nounmarket leader, nounmarket-led, adjectivemarket price, nounmarket research, nounmarket value, nounmark-up, nounmedium-term credit, mercantile, adjectivemerchandise, nounmerchandiser, nounmerchant, nounMNC, MNE, move, verbmultiple, nounmultiple store, nounoff, adverboffer, nounoff-the-shelf, adjectiveo.n.o., open, adjectiveopen, verbopening hours, nounorder, nounorder, verbOTC, out, adverboutbid, verboutpost, nounoutsell, verboverbid, verboverbook, verboversubscribed, adjectiveovertrade, verbown brand, adjectiveown label, adjectivepackage, verbpackage deal, nounpackager, nounpackaging, nounpacket, nounparade, nounpart exchange, nounpass-along, nounpass-through, nounpeddle, verbpedlar, nounperformance guarantee, perfumery, nounpetty cash, nounpitch, nounplaza, nounpoint of sale, nounprice, nounprice, verbprice fixing, nounprice-fixing, nounprice list, nounprice tag, nounprice war, nounprivate company, private investment, problem child, nounproducer, nounproduction control, profit, nounprofit margin, nounpro forma invoice, nounpro-forma invoice, property and liability insurance, proprietary, adjectivepunter, nounpurchase, verbpurchase, nounpurveyor, nounpyramid selling, nounquotation, nounrake-off, nounready-to-wear, adjectivereal estate, nounreceipt, nounrefund, verbregular, nounrelaunch, nounremnant, nounrent, verbrent, nounrental, nounreorder, verbresell, verbreserve, nounretail, nounretail, verbretail, adverbretailer, nounretailing, nounretail park, nounrevolving credit, sale, nounsales channel, sales slip, nounsecond-tier supplier, secured credit, self-service, adjectivesell-by date, nounseller, nounseller's market, nounselling, nounselling price, nounserve, verbservice, nounservice agreement, service bureau, nounsettlement date, sex shop, nounshelf life, nounship, verbshopfitting, nounshopping centre, nounshopping mall, nounshopping precinct, nounshop-soiled, adjectiveshopworn, adjectiveshort-term credit, showcase, nounshowroom, nounshrink-wrapped, adjectivesister company, soft sell, nounsolicit, verbsouk, nounspecial, nounSRP, stand, nounstand-alone, adjectivestaple, nounstartup, nounstationer, nounstock, nounstockist, nounstockroom, nounstocktaking, nounstoppage in transit, nounstore brand, nounstorefront, nounstreet price, strip mall, nounstructural analysis, supermarket, nounsuperstore, nounsurcharge, nounsurcharge, verbtake-up, nountakings, nountelesales, nountender, verbthrift shop, nounthroughput, nounticket, nounticket, verbtill, nountout, verbtrade discount, nountrade fair, nountrade-in, nountrademark, nountradename, nountrade name, nountrade price, nountrader, nountrade route, nountrade secret, nountradesman, nountrading estate, nountrading post, nountraffic, nountrafficker, nountrigger point, uneconomic, adjectiveunit price, noununsecured credit, upfront fee, wares, nounwarranty, nounwholesale, nounwholesale, adjectivewholesaler, nounwinding up, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
There’s a good antiques market here on Sundays. As soon as she graduated from college, she started to play the market (=risk money on the stock market). The markets (=all the stock markets in the world) are better prepared for a weakening economy than they were ten years ago. Honda is trying to increase its market share. Investors in the property market are worried about rising inflation. Handguns are freely available on the open market (=for anyone to buy). They knew it wasn’t a good time to sell their house, but they still put it on the market (=offered it for sale). a revolutionary new drug that has just come onto the market The domestic market makes up about 75% of their sales. Is there a market for his invention?COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Many foods were only available on the black market. The campaign was launched with a nationwide publicity blitz. the developing economies in Eastern Europe The dollar is expected to fall in the foreign exchange markets. the glutted property market US companies lead the world in biotechnology. He inherited a lucrative business from his father. a mass marketing campaign Email has made mass mailings possible at the touch of a button. a mass-market paperback priced at $8.99 The painting would fetch several hundred dollars on the open market (=a market in which anyone can buy or sell). The painting would fetch millions of dollars if it was sold on the open market. The hotel is just off the main square of Sorrento. The drug has been withdrawn from the market for further tests.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
There’s a good antiques market here on Sundays. (=with a lot of different people selling things from tables, stalls etc in the street)
As soon as she graduated from college, she started to play the market (=risk money on the stock market). The markets (=all the stock markets in the world) are better prepared for a weakening economy than they were ten years ago. Honda is trying to increase its market share. Investors in the property market are worried about rising inflation. Handguns are freely available on the open market (=for anyone to buy). They knew it wasn’t a good time to sell their house, but they still put it on the market (=offered it for sale). a revolutionary new drug that has just come onto the market The domestic market makes up about 75% of their sales. Is there a market for his invention? Many foods were only available on the black market. The campaign was launched with a nationwide publicity blitz.· The store ran a television advertising campaign just before Christmas.
(=the market for goods)· A product like this should do well in the commercial market.
· Coffee is facing the deepest crisis in a global commodity market since the great depression of the 30s.
· Democracy is a very important political concept.
(=one who gives advice on how to advertise and sell a product)
(=the people who buy consumer goods)· Our advertising is aimed at teenagers because they are our main consumer market.
(=the financial markets where currencies are bought and sold)· the dollar’s recent rise on the currency markets
(=the day when an election, market etc takes place)· Wednesday is market day in Oxford.
(=in a company)· He worked in the sales department of a small software company.
the developing economies in Eastern Europe (=buying of goods inside a country)· The French domestic market is the largest consumer of champagne.
(=based on companies producing and selling products freely, without restrictions)· Eastern European countries were gradually making the transition to a market economy.
(=a financial market where different currencies are bought and sold)· The pound rose against the dollar on the world foreign currency exchange markets.
· The US is Scotland’s second largest export market after France.
· I brought some salmon at the local fish market.
The dollar is expected to fall in the foreign exchange markets. the glutted property market (=make it available for people to buy)· They put the house on the market and began looking for an apartment.
(=the people looking for work and the jobs available)· the percentage of women in the labour market
US companies lead the world in biotechnology. He inherited a lucrative business from his father. a mass marketing campaign Email has made mass mailings possible at the touch of a button. a mass-market paperback priced at $8.99 The painting would fetch several hundred dollars on the open market (=a market in which anyone can buy or sell). The painting would fetch millions of dollars if it was sold on the open market. (=the price of something on a market at a particular time)· We think the stock’s current market price is too high.
· There were no signs of an upturn in the property market.
The hotel is just off the main square of Sorrento.· The firm is considering a change in its marketing strategy.
(=a town in Britain where there is a regular outdoor market)· The pretty market town of Ashbourne is only 9 miles away.
· This forecast is based on current economic trends.
(=the amount something can be sold for)· The mortgage is more than the house’s current market value.
The drug has been withdrawn from the market for further tests.· Result: a black market in official government receipts with special stamps.· We make a little money on the black market.· The joke was that palm trees were being sold on the black market.· The mere possibility of a black market in weapon-grade material is terrifying.· Here items in short supply are sold at inflated prices - but still generally lower than on the black market.· In doing so it creates a black market, which radically inflates profits for producers and traffickers.
· Employers operate in a competitive market place.· First, if there is no competitive market of alternative goods, there is minimal initiative to produce goods of high quality.· Due to the competitive market in which we operate, this accreditation is very important.· They have become competitive in international markets.· Remember, it is a competitive market out there and the finance companies only survive by lending money.· Low unemployment, a competitive job market and difficulties in recruiting and retaining sailors created the manning problem.· Hodgson believed that the case had been made for an entirely open, competitive labour market in the West Indies.· There, the first step was to abolish the agency, with the expectation that competitive markets would then develop.
· Software and services generated 44% of the total turnover in the domestic market, up from the 36% generated in 1991.· Even these companies are barred from selling to the domestic market.· Through time wine has taken a much larger share of the domestic market.· The peanut program allows only farmers with a federal quota to grow peanuts for the domestic market.· Without a theatrical release in their own domestic market, they stood little chance of recouping the money lavished on them.· However, we now make a distinction between output delivered to the domestic market and exported output.· More and more land was needed to grow crops for export and in some cases for the domestic market.· They will focus on domestic and international markets.
· Perhaps, if he went, the financial markets would blip approvingly.· The widely expected decision had little impact on financial markets.· All businesses, factories, financial markets, the airports - everything - are declared closed.· Plus, the financial markets should stay strong, with retirement fund investments continuing to reap decent returns for employees.· In the tertiary sector, particularly financial services, the development of a single financial market may have important employment consequences.· The punditry waxed more predictable by the hour even if the financial markets did not.· The crisis has unsettled financial markets and brought dire predictions of revolution or civil war from some politicians.· Either will do, but the present confusion has only added to uncertainty in the financial markets.
· It also highlights the additional risks arising in off-exchange transactions and transactions on foreign markets.· Moreover once there are separate national currencies, there are costs of servicing the foreign exchange market.· Like the foreign exchange market, no physical euro-currency market exists but instead it consists of telecommunications between banks.· Most foreign markets are cheaper now than ours.· Dealers on the foreign exchange markets were also hedging their bets and the pound was also on ice.· But now notice that what happens in the foreign market is a mirror image of what happens in the domestic market.· Too many companies enter foreign markets without analysing sufficiently either the customers or the competition in those markets.
· In a free market, polluting coal-fired power stations and unpopular nuclear ones should be less competitive because of rising environmental costs.· In a free market, competition drives prices down to the fair market price, with different prices on each street corner.· It's a free market, and the money should go to some one else who will control pollution.· In the main, they will be private sector employers operating in a free market and looking to secure an edge over their competitors.· If it's left to the free market these things will not progress fast enough.· He calls it an interference with free markets.· But, as Marx saw long ago, free-market capitalism is quintessentially populist and inherently subversive of traditions and rituals.
· Four questions for corporate finance One man's efficient, interconnected global market is another man's arbitrary and nationally divisive casino.· The ideology of the global market is built on the assumption that every country will earn most of its income from exports.· In a global free market livelihoods are permanently up for tender.· The second is the feeling of insecurity in the workplace as companies try to compete in the global market.· The livestock being killed are a ritual sacrifice to the gods of global markets.· In recent years, the group has claimed on average about 30 % of the global market for large commercial aircraft orders.· This ruling, in effect, accepted the reality of a global market place.
· Barts holds contracts from more health authorities than any other: success in the internal market if ever I heard of it.· Evaluation of the first year's operation of the internal market is not straight forward.· Where job ladders are created, further managerial work is involved in managing the operation of the internal labour market.· Because the internal market for consumer goods was too small; 2.· This, and many similar references, suggests that this remains the popular conception of an internal market.· One way is to be more specific about the expected effects of internal markets.· On the contrary, it responded to opportunities both of export abroad and of an increasingly integrated internal market.· The internal market is very limited.
· Many are vocal opponents of liberalised international markets in general.· But now, Greenspan alone possesses the degree of influence that can send international markets lurching downward.· Publishers calculated their advances for best-selling authors like Frederick Forsyth on the basis of sales hyped in international markets.· Tariffs in the national long-distance market also rose, though not as steeply as in the international market.· Films were cast for an international market in the Hollywood of the 1920s; and international press syndication had a long history.· Five years later, the international oil market is serene, even sleepy.· From the start, Copyrights placed the emphasis on the international market and, instead of using sub-agents, opened its own offices.
· Farmers near Girvan and Dunbar use these advantages to provide early potatoes for the large markets of Glasgow and Edinburgh.· It would provide a large affluent open market to which exporting was easy.· That last requirement could best be met by establishing a large enough market to warrant actual manufacture in the Far East.· By 1918, there were 174 of these large markets in cities of over 30, 000 in population.· The larger market is undoubtedly for cheap Far Eastern clone machines.· The availability of a larger market leads to economies of scale, again leading to greater efficiency in local industry.· As we have indicated in the previous chapter, there looks like being a very large potential market for consumer multimedia.· Marta gets her stocks from a large informal market in Villa El Salvador shanty-town.
· There was certainly a distinct local advertising market available to support it.· The guilds worked both for the local market and for distant trade.· Commonly geared to the demands of a constricted local market, not all these crafts could provide continuous employment.· Goods can be varied slightly and repackaged for local markets throughout the world.· We enjoyed good wines at 75p a litre and gorging on fresh sardines and salads bought in the local market.· Watch for specials at your local market and shop accordingly.· Some poor people live in houses that have become valuable through changes in the local property market.· Finance ministry officials yesterday said at least six brokerages are under investigation for trading violations in the local Brady bond market.
· In 1996 desktop computer software will allow two-way conversations, bringing the technology to the mass market.· Dolby Digital, the next generation in surround-sound, is coming to the mass market.· This is not to say that mass markets have disintegrated or that economies of scale are irrelevant to competitive performance.· Telecommuting is now reaching the mass market, where it is not as picturesque but has more practical value.· It now seems certain that cheap, convenient videoconferencing is at last going to reach a mass market of computer users.· Honda admits the model introduction is more a subsidized experiment than mass market pitch.· He dreams of a mass consumer market, with one set per person rather than today's one per home.· The market is now the mass market.
· Both will seek to develop new markets and improve efficiency by adjusting timetables, introducing better locomotive diagramming and crew rosters.· The London managers, like the geeks, were too new to the market to question the strategy.· This is often the case when the search is being undertaken across borders or in a new market segment.· The diet companies are targeting new markets outside their traditional client base of fairly affluent, young to middle-aged white women.· They expect other nations to set technical standards and to innovate new markets.· Shortly after each new market is discovered, actors demand more money.· This provides still stronger motivation to seek new markets.
· The money supply can be reduced directly by using open market operations.· The Bank could, and did, make Bank Rate effective by open market operations.· In addition, the resulting change in reserves can be predicted precisely and open market operations are readily reversible.· She walked down to the open market itself.· The other half is a boat made from bookshelves found in open markets in Havana.· The Monday open market at Hemlington was established by the council at the suggestion of residents.· The immediate counterattack is simple: Has the building been offered for sale on the open market?
· The concept assumes that within any single market there are invariably other sub-markets. 26.· That confirms that the United Kingdom is at the forefront in implementing single market measures.· The process of completing the single market is not over.· The single market programme requires each member state to turn 279 rules and regulations into national law.
· The stock market debutant has lost 70 % of its value since its flotation last month.· My father found himself without an income about the time the stock market crashed.· For people who are nervous about the stock market an advisory service may be more suitable.· The results were released after the stock market closed.· Falling stock markets and a lack of merger activity have squeezed margins and profits in investment banks.· One of those things was that the stock market might fall, oh, say, 20 percent this year.
NOUN· It was loth to do this because the bonds were a potential goldmine when the junk-bond market recovered.· That is the kind of world that the bond market, dominated by lenders, loves.· Some are focussing on areas such as swaps and derivatives, which can give them an edge in the primary bond market.· Anything about the bond market promises to be long and dull.· The bond market is calm; and yet Rubin has managed to worry his opponents.· On the table in the front of the room was a telephone, which rang whenever the bond market went berserk.· The bond market had caught fire, and experienced salesmen such as himself were all at once much in demand.
· Eulogists of the market economy usually assume that it works on perfect information.· But as these countries gradually, if fitfully, merge into the global market economy, fewer and fewer such barriers exist.· His country may be taking the first steps to a market economy, but on the streets there are remarkably few cars.· They are democracies, have market economies and are making good-faith efforts to deal with ethnic minorities.· The market economy provided other employment opportunities for poorer villagers.· In distinguishing the market economy from the command economy, five fundamental questions will be posed: 1.· Ownership is obviously central to the disposal of state property - privatization - in the move to a market economy.· Critics of the market economy base their position on the following points.
· Delivery takes place two business days after the last trading day, the standard settlement period in the foreign exchange market.· Moreover once there are separate national currencies, there are costs of servicing the foreign exchange market.· Like the foreign exchange market, no physical euro-currency market exists but instead it consists of telecommunications between banks.· Each of these factors places powerful pressures on the foreign exchange market.· Dealers on the foreign exchange markets were also hedging their bets and the pound was also on ice.· On the one hand, real-world foreign exchange markets conform closely to the kinds of markets we have studied in this chapter.· This will increase the demand for sterling on the foreign exchange markets and hence cause an appreciation of the exchange rate.· To do so they go to the foreign exchange market as demanders of yen.
· Unresponsive export markets led many houses to turn their attention inwards and focus on long-neglected domestic sales.· The healthy export market for four-wheel-drive vehicles contrasts sharply with the rest of the slump-hit industry.· We are, however, expecting healthy growth in home and export markets.· It supplies stores like Harrods and Selfridges as well as having a big export market.
· The level of rent to qualify for full Housing Benefit subsidy will be determined according to locally operating market forces.· Within those parameters, the more that you can energize market forces like competition, the better you are.· As for its chief executive's remuneration, that should be a matter for market forces.· The plain fact was that a combination of market forces and gross mismanagement had thrown Salomon Brothers into deep trouble.· But it thinks that to rely solely on market forces is a messy way of reining in a big borrower.· To back this up they claim that a reliance on market forces has widened pay inequalities and also significantly increased unemployment.· When market forces are allowed to operate, rates of exchange are determined by the demand and supply of currencies.· The inevitable pressure of market forces rendered Luff's experiment obsolete, long before the track and overhead were worn out.
· The perhaps inevitable consequences were accumulating losses and a withdrawal back to the protected home market.· The company also will demonstrate a new keyboard aimed at the home market that incorporates a built-in paper scanner.· In the home market, it led the field by a long way, with 4,337,487 units sold.· Acer is one of the few companies shipping a monitor of this size aimed at the home market.· Wooden hoops used on casks for the home market were usually of hazel and were produced by local firms from local timber.· In a nutshell, wireless operators are expected to be the low-cost providers in the video to the home market.· That takes Compass into hospitals and also greatly increases its presence in the fast-growing retirement home market.· But, while the wait for the modern stereo disc continues, stereo tapes are released for the home market.
· Solicitors' firms are caught out by the housing market collapse.· Unemployment, the collapse of the housing market and changes in population trends have led to an erosion of famous traits.· Both speakers believe that active government intervention in the housing market is now urgently needed before things get even worse.· Mr Smith must learn that hitting the pay packet hits the housing market, and that hits the institutions.· Staff at the Chelsea Building Society, based in Cheltenham are confident that figure will be sufficient to boost the housing market.· They did a first class piece of work on where the housing market was likely to go over the next 10 years.· But the housing market will pull out of the recession in the second half of 1993, say the economic pundits.
· Women are confined to those sectors of the job market which pay the least, no matter whether or not they are skilled.· After all, he hadn't taken degrees in astronomy expecting a hot job market after graduation.· How do I re-enter the job market after being a full-time mom?· Tomorrow's job market is more likely to need flexible workers.· However, meeting these kinds of challenges develops your creativity and positions you well for the job market of the future.· Will my hon. Friend look at the matter in light of the present strained position in the jobs market?· New entrants to the job market are considerably better educated than workers who are retiring.
· Where job ladders are created, further managerial work is involved in managing the operation of the internal labour market.· Many women workers exhibit labour market characteristics traditionally associated with vulnerability to unemployment.· If the ith labour market initially experiences excess demand money wages will rise at a rate.· The simplest variant of the theory is to split the labour market into two sectors.· The relation is therefore a mechanism which illustrates how the labour market responds out of equilibrium.· The equilibrium levels of income and employment were believed to be determined largely in the labour market.· Undoubtedly, the labour market is more flexible.· Precisely what effects this will have on the dynamics of the labour market is extremely complex but none the less real.
· The Palm Pilot is currently the market leader with 75-80 % of the market share.· That proved a bonanza in 1995, when blue chips were market leaders.· They include seven market leaders and had a turnover of almost £19 million last year, though they suffered a loss.· First Alert, the market leader, said the detectors were fine.· As a consequence peat has been the market leader for the past forty years.· Cost barriers to entry are high and the time necessary to catch up with market leaders is lengthy.· This at least is the figure assumed by the market leaders, Thomson Holidays, and the other majors do not differ greatly.
· The money market interest rate is 10 percent.· Low interest rates boost bonds by making it cheaper to borrow funds in the money market and invest it in bonds.· Daily reports of money market events, prices and yields are carried in the Financial Times.· The Bank is a major player in the sterling money market, buying and selling Treasury bills on a daily basis.· A money market works in a similar kind of way.· This makes bonds more difficult to price than money market instruments.· Leaders and money markets had every reason to be delighted with the good news.
· It is timely that we have concentrated on improving our performance because our market place is becoming more competitive.· They are mainly rickshaw pullers, cart pullers and others who carry loads in the market place.· We accept that a high risk should have a high reward even though this is not always the case in the market place.· Then Great-Grandad would drive the lot down to Barnard Castle to get the best price he could in the market place.· Money is also a claim in that it gives the holder command over goods and services in the market place.· Such monetarist policies meant that employment and interest rates were left to find their own levels in the market place.· Local radio Here is your golden media opportunity for local radio is an expanding market place for public relations.· The market place can be confusing but Trader Horn picks his way through the mire Going for the grand tour.
· At £750,000 we paid the market price for him, but he looks a snip now.· In some cases costs and benefits must be estimated indirectly or inferred because pertinent market prices do not exist.· Vicenzo had offered the market price for Manningham Electronics.· One of the key actions taken was to raise market prices immediately to increase revenues and thereby achieve the 1984 plan.· Invite the chosen agent to inspect the house and give an indication of the market price.· Current federal farm programs often guarantee growers a minimum price even if the market price drops lower.· This can then be compared with the market price of the share to determine whether it is underpriced or overpriced.· You calculate the dividend yield by dividing the annual dividend by the market price of a stock.
· There is also speculation of a mini-revival in the battered property market.· Such speculative gains were seen as more often lying in the property market than in industrial capitalization.· It announced a loss of £2.8m, on a turnover of £13.5m, thanks mainly to write-downs in the depressed property market.· Payne dealt in the risky syndicated property market.· The property market has softened, but not collapsed.· Throughout the property market, deals that had been nearly completed were called off.· But the cities are littered with half-finished construction projects or empty office blocks, witness to the decline of the property market.· East Anglia has been particularly affected by the fall in the property market.
· Quota sampling is widely used in market research as it is cost-effective.· The three concerns will focus on high-growth information markets, financial information services and consumer-product market research.· They now listen to the customer and report back, and we are improving our market research and developing guest databases.· Shaw hires mostly female salespeople because market research suggests that carpet shoppers are primarily women who prefer to buy from other women.· I've done some intensive market research.· If the group review process goes well, the next step may include some experimentation, market research, or prototype development.· What is the extent of market research, forecasting, advertising, product development, and exporting?· So far we have been concerned mainly with the market research aspects of marketing research.
· The Palm Pilot is currently the market leader with 75-80 % of the market share.· If that trend continues, it could be a boon to on-line users and a bloodbath for providers fighting for market share.· They pursue reliability just because they know it leads to lower costs and increased market share.· Beyond those, they cite the high costs of customer disaffection, which drives down both profit margins and market share.· The firm now has a market share of 27%, second only to Coopers & Lybrand which has 30%.· In the 128 countries where Roundup is sold, total market share is more than 90 %.· That consulting group came to realize earlier than others how important market share was to corporate profitability.· The Falkirk and Milford Haven branches also made steady progress, increasing their market share in the onshore petrochemical industry.
· Clark was named by police as they launched a manhunt following the bloodbath in the market town of Melksham, Wilts.· Travel has been easier than in the upper course valleys and so a few villages have grown to become market towns.· Roots may just be retained in small market towns like Grantham, Selby and Chipping Norton, in spite of the tourists.· Louth in Lincolnshire, 16 miles south of Grimsby, is a pleasant little country market town.· Last month more than 400 Hema were massacred in the market town of Blukwa.· Sited ten miles west of Oxford is the small market town of Witney.· For a small firm of solicitors in a market town, conveyancing has accounted for about half of all fee income.· It is surrounded by interesting market towns such as Hexham and Prudhoe which are a pleasure to browse through.
· If what I will call the hypothetical cost test is adopted it will come very close to a market value test.· In 1995, the Amex list of 52 new companies had a mean market value of about $ 65 million.· The indemnity only covers market value claims as at the date of exchange.· For bonds and preferred stocks, market values are determined mainly by the credit rating of the company and prevailing interest rates.· It can be drawn up on the basis of historic-cost book values, current-cost book values or market values.· Since the beginning of this week Jaguar's shares have risen by 161p - increasing its stock market value by nearly £300m.· Sale of the land to developers, on the other hand, would be at market value.· This can be very high, for a large company a change in market value of millions of pounds is not unusual.
· Even Gorbachev proclaimed the Soviet Unions' interest in participating in the management of the world market economy.· Uranium and thorium entered lay vocabularies even as world markets for them were spawned.· One is the network of the world market and the other is the multinational corporations that operate plants worldwide.· A relatively small withdrawal of oil from the world market in October 1973 was sufficient to precipitate an acute crisis.· Much of our raw materials and our food must be purchased in world markets and imported.· The Soviet Union today is more dependent on the world market, and world resources, not less.· But far more significant is the up-turn in the world market.· There are just two firms which will bid, though the minerals extracted will subsequently be sold on a competitive world market.
VERB· Thus, firms entering overseas markets must bear this in mind when introducing new products or services.· Photographs are a good way to enter the fine-art market.· Some companies have entered the market with encouraging propositions, others not.· Axcelis entered the market July 11, spun off from Eaton Corp., a Cleveland manufacturing company.· We shall be entering the single market in the coming year.· If a decision is made to enter the labour market, the next decision concerns how many hours to work.· Although new firms continue to enter the market, most commentators expect the total number of GEMMs to decline further.
· Emap Diffusion to grow our copy sales; and Emap Media, selling advertising across markets and across media.· The training of agents is important to indirect selling in overseas markets, particularly if the products are technically complex.· Even these companies are barred from selling to the domestic market.· It is sold in markets or the well-stocked supermarkets such as the Mercadona, near the centre of town.· The joke was that palm trees were being sold on the black market.· Whitbread says the freeholds could be sold when the property market picks up.· In the 128 countries where Roundup is sold, total market share is more than 90 %.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► a buyer’s/seller’s marketPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the bottom drops/falls out of the market► price yourself out of the market► the single market
- And the labour market is the invisible global bazaar where survival-life itself-is traded for work.
- By focusing on wage profiles it is possible to show contrasts between different segments of the labour market.
- For some who can work, corporate downsizing and increased competition in the job market have led to self-employment.
- How do I re-enter the job market after being a full-time mom?
- However as she grows older, and perhaps re-enters the labour market, domestic tasks are shared more equitably.
- I first entered the job market more than 30 years ago.
- In particular, the real wage will adjust spontaneously soas to prevent the emergence of excess supply in the labour market.
- This trend is likely to continue, restructuring the job market into two distinct tiers.
- Most analysts think the market will continue to rise.
- There have been dramatic changes in the real estate market.
- They've captured about 60% of the market.
- It's one of the cheapest computers on the market.
- The house was on the market for $475,000.
- There are thousands of different computer games on the market.
- There may be better shoes on the market, but this is the one the kids want.
- All are on the market today.
- All four prototypes used special tapes, and were incompatible with each other - as well as with every video system already on the market.
- But three weeks later he put it back on the market.
- Colors of the hybrids now on the market include shades of red and pink in addition to white.
- It was on the market for six months for $ 70, 000.
- It was put on the market more than two years ago at $ 12. 5 million.
- This may be the best scanner bargain on the market.
- If you're in the market for a mobile home, this is a good time to buy.
- Essandoh's agent contacted Wycombe after reading on Teletext that they were in the market for a stopgap striker.
- If you are in the market for a change of car, count your pennies and go shopping.
- Many US-owned maquilas claim to be in the market for locally produced materials and components, backward linkages.
- Mr Goto was in the market for an important work of art as part of his company's centenary celebrations.
- Those are potential customers, for they are in the market for services.
- In the past, manufacturers had a captive market.
- Philip Leapor did not have a captive market.
- The company has cornered 98% of the fried chicken market.
- But if the Conservative Party thought that it was cornering the market in citizenship, they were to be quickly disillusioned.
- He cornered the market in heroes, as it were.
- He may deliberately set out to corner the market, but do so by buying at legitimate market prices.
- Most are the product of one extended family-the Jennings-that has cornered the market on Saturday Night Specials.
- The girls who had been in since the start of the war had cornered the market in stripes.
- Think you've bloody cornered the market in love, don't you?
- Special sports drinks are now flooding the market.
- Already coffee ice creams are flooding the market.
- As it is, Mr Botero has been whining that too many of his real works are flooding the market.
- Farmers complain about no-one buying their wine and cheap imports flooding the markets.
- For one thing poor countries produce similar commodities, and encouraging them to increase their exports has flooded the market.
- Is the restaurant flooding the market with lots of cost-saving coupons?
- Later, scores of such books would flood the market.
- Millions of extra shares will flood the market, but this shouldn't deter investors.
- At the time Cook was concentrating on smaller, more select parties which left a gap in the market for larger tours.
- Clearly, a gap in the market.
- Laura had always been able to identify gaps in the market and fill them.
- Part of the skill of successful development is in identifying and satisfying gaps in the market which offer higher than usual returns.
- There was a gap in the market which wouldn't last for ever.
- It is therefore more than ever necessary that the recovery should be export-led rather than led by domestic consumption.
- And there are other more mature markets in which our business can be expanded further.
- Here on the Island we have a mature market.
- It is, rather, a mature market that is in decline.
- Price competition Price competition occurs in mature markets, much of it induced by clients.
- The propane industry was a mature industry and Mega was primarily a single business company.
- Berryhill is back on the open market.
- HaL is unlikely to sell its chips on the open market.
- I hadn't been on the open market for so long.
- If the Bank wishes to reduce the money supply it will sell securities through its broker on the open market.
- It is likely to be some years before such a product is on the open market.
- It will sell the rest on the open market.
- Priced on the open market, they would sell for tens and tens of billions of dollars.
- They sell bonds on the open market.
- And this is why many growers are choosing to let their grain merchants play the markets for them.
- For example: Do Social Security recipients want government playing the market?
- The first swap was in December 1983 but the council had not begun to play the market in earnest until late 1987.
- The reverse, Adibi said, is true for those whose income is too low to play the market.
- Indeed, Clark inked her deal as a wave of Simpson-related titles began saturating the market, with varying success.
WORD FAMILYnounmarketmarketingmarketeer.marketeradjectivemarketableverbmarket
1place to buy things [countable] a)a time when people buy and sell goods, food etc, or the place, usually outside or in a large building, where this happens: I usually buy all my vegetables at the market.fish/fruit and vegetable/flower etc market There’s a good antiques market here on Sundays.street market (=with a lot of different people selling things from tables, stalls etc in the street) b)American English a shop that sells food and things for the home SYN grocery store2the market a)the stock market: Most analysts are forecasting a further downturn in the market. As soon as she graduated from college, she started to play the market (=risk money on the stock market). The markets (=all the stock markets in the world) are better prepared for a weakening economy than they were ten years ago. b)the total amount of trade in a particular kind of goods: Honda is trying to increase its market share. the state of the art marketthe housing/property etc market Investors in the property market are worried about rising inflation.market in the world market in aluminum → bear market, bull market c)the system in which all prices and wages depend on what goods people want to buy, how many they buy etc: The president believes prices should be determined by the market, not the government. → free market3on the market available for people to buy: The manufacturers say the device will be on the market by May. Handguns are freely available on the open market (=for anyone to buy). They knew it wasn’t a good time to sell their house, but they still put it on the market (=offered it for sale). a revolutionary new drug that has just come onto the market ► Don’t say ‘in the market’. Say on the market.4country/area [countable] a particular country or area where a company sells its goods or where a particular type of goods is sold: Our main overseas market is Japan.international/home/UK etc market The domestic market makes up about 75% of their sales.market for The world’s largest market for illegal drugs is the US.5people who buy [singular] the number of people who want to buy something, or the type of people who want to buy itmarket for The market for specialist academic books is pretty small. Is there a market for his invention?niche/specialist market► see thesaurus at customer6be in the market for something to be interested in buying something: This is a bad time to be in the market for a new car.7the job/labour market the people looking for work, and the number of jobs that are available: The job market has been badly hit by the recession.8a buyer’s/seller’s market a time that is better for buyers because prices are low, or better for sellers because prices are high: I’ll look for a house next year when it’s more of a buyer’s market. → corner the market at corner2(3), → price yourself out of the market at price2(4)market1 nounmarket2 verb
marketmarket2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
market
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | market |
| he, she, it | markets | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | marketed |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have marketed |
| he, she, it | has marketed | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had marketed |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will market |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have marketed |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am marketing |
| he, she, it | is marketing | |
| you, we, they | are marketing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was marketing |
| you, we, they | were marketing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been marketing |
| he, she, it | has been marketing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been marketing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be marketing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been marketing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- In order to market a product well, you need to be aware of public demand.
- Most turkeys are marketed at a young age.
- The company has exclusive European rights to market the new software.
- The toy is marketed for children aged 2 to 6.
- But about 20 percent to 30 percent of all fresh-cut produce goes bad while being shipped and marketed, Watada said.
THESAURUS
verb [intransitive, transitive] to tell people about a product or service and try to persuade them to buy it, for example in a newspaper, television, or Internet advertisement: · Some universities advertise on television.· She has signed a deal to advertise the company's haircare products.
verb [transitive] to try to increase the sales or popularity of a product or event, for example by selling it at a lower price or talking about it on television: · He's in London to promote his new album.
verb [transitive] to try to sell a product or service by deciding which type of people are likely to buy it and by making it interesting to them: · The collection is being marketed as clothing for climbers and skiers.· Most companies have agreed not to market products to children under 12.
(also publicise British English) verb [transitive] to tell the public about something by writing about it in newspapers, speaking about it on television etc: · He had done a lot of interviews to publicize his new book.· The hostages' case has been widely publicized.
verb [transitive] informal to try to make people think something is good or important by advertising or talking about it a lot on television, the radio etc. Hype is often used when you do not trust the information: · The boxing match was being hyped as the biggest fight of the decade.
verb [transitive] informal to advertise a book, film etc by talking about it on television or radio: · Marc was on the show to plug his new play.
Longman Language Activatorto advertise something to tell people publicly about a product or service in order to try to persuade them to buy it, for example by showing short films on television, or by showing pictures with words in newspapers and magazines: · There was a big poster advertising a well-known brand of cola.· We are a small business so we can only afford to advertise in the local press.be advertised on TV/on the radio: · "How did you find out about the new software?" "It was advertised on TV."be advertised in a newspaper/magazine etc: · The concert was advertised in all the national newspapers.be heavily advertised (=be advertised a lot): · Young smokers tend to buy the brands that are most heavily advertised.
to try to make people buy a new product, see a new film etc, for example by selling it at a lower price or talking about it on television: · Meg Ryan is in Europe to promote her new movie.· To promote their new shampoo, they are selling it at half price for a month.promote something as something: · They're trying to promote Dubai as a tourist destination.
also publicise British to tell the public about a situation, event, organization, problem by advertising, writing, or speaking about it on television, in newspapers etc: · Hollywood gossips were saying that the studio lacked the funds to publicize its new film properly.· A good estate agent will know the best ways to publicize the fact that your home is for sale.· A series of articles and television shows publicized concerns that the chemical Alar, used to keep apples red and firm, could cause cancer.well-/highly/widely/much publicized (=publicized a lot): · Jurors were asked what they knew about the highly publicized case.
to try to sell a product or service by deciding which type of people are likely to buy it and by making it attractive and interesting to them: · In order to market a product well, you need to be aware of public demand.· The company has exclusive European rights to market the new software.
informal to try to make people interested in a product, entertainer, film etc, using television, radio, and newspapers - use this to show that you do not trust this kind of information: · Like most Hollywood movies it was so hyped up that when I saw it I was completely disappointed.· The cosmetics industry is usually quick to hype its new products.
informal also give something a plug especially British informal to try to persuade people to buy a book, see a film etc, by talking about it publicly, especially on television or radio: · The only reason she agreed to be interviewed was to plug her new record.· The author used the opportunity of appearing on TV to give his latest book a plug.
to encourage people to buy something: · There's no question about it - scandal sells newspapers.sell something to somebody: · It's not just a question of making a good product - we also have to go out and sell it to people.
informal to try to sell more of a product or service by advertising it a lot: · Revlon is really pushing its new range of beauty creams.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Many foods were only available on the black market. The campaign was launched with a nationwide publicity blitz. the developing economies in Eastern Europe The dollar is expected to fall in the foreign exchange markets. the glutted property market US companies lead the world in biotechnology. He inherited a lucrative business from his father. a mass marketing campaign Email has made mass mailings possible at the touch of a button. a mass-market paperback priced at $8.99 The painting would fetch several hundred dollars on the open market (=a market in which anyone can buy or sell). The painting would fetch millions of dollars if it was sold on the open market. The hotel is just off the main square of Sorrento. The drug has been withdrawn from the market for further tests.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
Many foods were only available on the black market. The campaign was launched with a nationwide publicity blitz.· The store ran a television advertising campaign just before Christmas.
(=the market for goods)· A product like this should do well in the commercial market.
· Coffee is facing the deepest crisis in a global commodity market since the great depression of the 30s.
· Democracy is a very important political concept.
(=one who gives advice on how to advertise and sell a product)
(=the people who buy consumer goods)· Our advertising is aimed at teenagers because they are our main consumer market.
(=the financial markets where currencies are bought and sold)· the dollar’s recent rise on the currency markets
(=the day when an election, market etc takes place)· Wednesday is market day in Oxford.
(=in a company)· He worked in the sales department of a small software company.
the developing economies in Eastern Europe (=buying of goods inside a country)· The French domestic market is the largest consumer of champagne.
(=based on companies producing and selling products freely, without restrictions)· Eastern European countries were gradually making the transition to a market economy.
(=a financial market where different currencies are bought and sold)· The pound rose against the dollar on the world foreign currency exchange markets.
· The US is Scotland’s second largest export market after France.
· I brought some salmon at the local fish market.
The dollar is expected to fall in the foreign exchange markets. the glutted property market (=make it available for people to buy)· They put the house on the market and began looking for an apartment.
(=the people looking for work and the jobs available)· the percentage of women in the labour market
US companies lead the world in biotechnology. He inherited a lucrative business from his father. a mass marketing campaign Email has made mass mailings possible at the touch of a button. a mass-market paperback priced at $8.99 The painting would fetch several hundred dollars on the open market (=a market in which anyone can buy or sell). The painting would fetch millions of dollars if it was sold on the open market. (=the price of something on a market at a particular time)· We think the stock’s current market price is too high.
· There were no signs of an upturn in the property market.
The hotel is just off the main square of Sorrento.· The firm is considering a change in its marketing strategy.
(=a town in Britain where there is a regular outdoor market)· The pretty market town of Ashbourne is only 9 miles away.
· This forecast is based on current economic trends.
(=the amount something can be sold for)· The mortgage is more than the house’s current market value.
The drug has been withdrawn from the market for further tests.· In addition to the Rentokil name these products are marketed under the brand names Tutor and Albi.· Distributors' sale staff didn't really believe Summit beer would sell and didn't work hard to market the brand.
· The company also markets Sound System, a £200 upgrade kit that allows users to speak to their computer.· Another of his companies would test and market mifepristone for potential uses other than early abortion.· Petersburg Times, was loaned by companies seeking to market the technology to law enforcement agencies.
· These are marketed under various names, including Rehidrat, Dioralyte and Gluco-lyte, and are available on prescription.· The consolidated operating regions will market under the Verio name in all of their respective markets beginning today.· However, any contemporary rug may be marketed under the name of the traditional group most closely associated with its design.
· A more controversial point is the court taking into account the purposes for which the product has been marketed.· Tests must always be carried out in the pack in which the product is to be marketed.· Many improvements were made to the Bank Quay works, and Crosfields' products were marketed throughout the world.
· It is good for business, giving private firms new opportunities to market their services.· There also are plans to market the news service on line.· Dean Cowley, formerly in charge of stationery, will now take on marketing services, including advertising and sales promotion.· What you have to begin doing before that happens is to market your services as self-employed people do.· Sales of geophysical data were also maintained and a business venture to market geophysical services to the exploration industry was established.· The pace will pick up because of the marketing of food services and Traxx restaurant.· The Baby Bells face another challenge: whether they can successfully market the service.
· The company also markets Sound System, a £200 upgrade kit that allows users to speak to their computer.· VidaMed, based in Menlo Park, California, is marketing the Tuna system in more than 20 countries.· The development of a people-to-people marketing system would quickly become our third business venture.
VERB· What is different is the context in which it is being developed, controlled and marketed.· Boston Scientific develops and markets medical devices.· Figure 5.3 is a decision tree for a hypothetical development project to develop and market a new product.· DowElanco will have exclusive rights to develop and market any resulting compounds that can be used in agriculture.· As a result, Quorum will continue to develop and market its cross-platform compatibility products without threat of further legal action.· Suzuki liked the idea at once and set up a new company, Sofmap F Design, to develop and market it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the bottom drops/falls out of the market► price yourself out of the market► the single market
- In the past, manufacturers had a captive market.
- Philip Leapor did not have a captive market.
- The company has cornered 98% of the fried chicken market.
- But if the Conservative Party thought that it was cornering the market in citizenship, they were to be quickly disillusioned.
- He cornered the market in heroes, as it were.
- He may deliberately set out to corner the market, but do so by buying at legitimate market prices.
- Most are the product of one extended family-the Jennings-that has cornered the market on Saturday Night Specials.
- The girls who had been in since the start of the war had cornered the market in stripes.
- Think you've bloody cornered the market in love, don't you?
- Special sports drinks are now flooding the market.
- Already coffee ice creams are flooding the market.
- As it is, Mr Botero has been whining that too many of his real works are flooding the market.
- Farmers complain about no-one buying their wine and cheap imports flooding the markets.
- For one thing poor countries produce similar commodities, and encouraging them to increase their exports has flooded the market.
- Is the restaurant flooding the market with lots of cost-saving coupons?
- Later, scores of such books would flood the market.
- Millions of extra shares will flood the market, but this shouldn't deter investors.
- At the time Cook was concentrating on smaller, more select parties which left a gap in the market for larger tours.
- Clearly, a gap in the market.
- Laura had always been able to identify gaps in the market and fill them.
- Part of the skill of successful development is in identifying and satisfying gaps in the market which offer higher than usual returns.
- There was a gap in the market which wouldn't last for ever.
- It is therefore more than ever necessary that the recovery should be export-led rather than led by domestic consumption.
- And there are other more mature markets in which our business can be expanded further.
- Here on the Island we have a mature market.
- It is, rather, a mature market that is in decline.
- Price competition Price competition occurs in mature markets, much of it induced by clients.
- The propane industry was a mature industry and Mega was primarily a single business company.
- Berryhill is back on the open market.
- HaL is unlikely to sell its chips on the open market.
- I hadn't been on the open market for so long.
- If the Bank wishes to reduce the money supply it will sell securities through its broker on the open market.
- It is likely to be some years before such a product is on the open market.
- It will sell the rest on the open market.
- Priced on the open market, they would sell for tens and tens of billions of dollars.
- They sell bonds on the open market.
- And this is why many growers are choosing to let their grain merchants play the markets for them.
- For example: Do Social Security recipients want government playing the market?
- The first swap was in December 1983 but the council had not begun to play the market in earnest until late 1987.
- The reverse, Adibi said, is true for those whose income is too low to play the market.
- Indeed, Clark inked her deal as a wave of Simpson-related titles began saturating the market, with varying success.
WORD FAMILYnounmarketmarketingmarketeer.marketeradjectivemarketableverbmarket
1to try to persuade people to buy a product by advertising it in a particular way, using attractive packages etc: If you could ever figure out how to market this, you’d make a fortune.market something for somebody They plan to market the toy for children aged 2 to 6.market something as something Electric cars are being marketed as safe for the environment.2to make a product available in shops: The turkeys are marketed ready-to-cook.