market /märˈkit/

1. A periodic gathering of people for the purposes of buying and selling
2. A building, square or other public place used for such meetings
3. A shop (orig US)
4. A region or type of clientele in which there is a demand for certain goods
5. Buying and selling
6. Opportunity for buying and selling
7. Demand
8. The state of being on sale
9. Bargain
10. Sale
11. Rate of sale
12. Value

1. Relating to buying and selling
2. Relating to a market or markets

1. To deal at a market
2. To buy and sell
3. To shop (chiefly US)

1. To put on the market, to sell
2. To advertise, promote

marketabilˈity or marˈketableness noun

marˈketable adjective

1. Fit for the market
2. Saleable

marketeerˈ noun

1. A person who buys or sells, esp at a market
2. (esp with cap) a British person who supported Britain's entry into the Common Market
3. A specialist in the techniques of marketing goods and services
4. See also black-marketeer under black

marˈketer noun

1. A person who goes to, or buys or sells at, a market
2. A person whose job is to promote and sell an organization's products or services

marˈketing noun

1. The business process of managing the flow of goods, services or processes from the producer to the user or customer, involving assessment of sales of the product, etc, and responsibility for its promotion, distribution and development
2. Shopping (chiefly US)

marketizāˈtion or marketisāˈtion noun (economics)

Conversion into or adoption of a market economy

marˈketize or -ise transitive verb

marˈket-bell noun

1. A bell to give notice of the time of market (Shakespeare)
2. The bell used to signal the end of the day's trading on the New York Stock Exchange

market cross noun

A cross or similar structure set up where a market was formerly held

marˈket-day noun

The fixed day of the week on which a market is held in a particular town, etc

market economy noun

An economy in which prices are determined by competition on the open market without government intervention

market forces plural noun

The combined influences of supply and demand which determine the price and quantity of a product traded

market-garˈden noun

A piece of land on which fruit and vegetables are grown for public sale

market-garˈdener noun

market-garˈdening noun

marˈket-hall or marˈket-house noun

A building in which a market is held

marketing mix noun

The combination of variables (product, price, promotion and place) that determines the demand for a product

market leader noun

1. A company that sells more goods of a specified type than any other company
2. A brand of goods selling more than any other of its kind

marˈket-led adjective

Determined by commercial demand

market maker noun

Since 1986, a broker-dealer on the Stock Exchange

marˈket-making noun

marˈket-man or marˈket-woman noun

A person who sells, buys or works in a market

market overt noun (law)

The sale of goods in open or public view

marˈketplace noun

1. The market-square of a town, etc
2. The world of commercial transactions

market-priceˈ or market-valˈue noun

The current price a commodity, etc will fetch at sale

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