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market

1 of 2

noun

mar·​ket ˈmär-kət How to pronounce market (audio)
often attributive
1
a(1)
: a meeting together of people for the purpose of trade by private purchase and sale and usually not by auction
(2)
: the people assembled at such a meeting
b(1)
: a public place where a market is held
especially : a place where provisions are sold at wholesale
a farmers' market
(2)
: a retail establishment usually of a specified kind
a fish market
2
archaic : the act or an instance of buying and selling
3
: the rate or price offered for a commodity or security
4
a(1)
: a geographic area of demand for commodities or services
sell in the southern market
(2)
: a specified category of potential buyers
the youth market
b
: the course of commercial activity by which the exchange of commodities is effected : extent of demand
the market is dull
c(1)
: an opportunity for selling
a good market for used cars
(2)
: the available supply of or potential demand for specified goods or services
the labor market
d
: the area of economic activity in which buyers and sellers come together and the forces of supply and demand affect prices
producing goods for market rather than for consumption

market

2 of 2

verb

marketed; marketing; markets

transitive verb

1
: to expose for sale in a market
2
: sell

intransitive verb

: to deal in a market
Phrases
in the market
: in the position of being a potential buyer
in the market for a house
on the market
: available for purchase
also : up for sale
put their house on the market

Example Sentences

Noun I stopped at the market on the way home for some juice. They are trying to develop foreign markets for American cotton. The company sells mainly to the Southern market. New markets are opening up all over the world. Advertisers are trying to appeal to the youth market. targeting a more mature market a reference work for the educational market Verb The company has spent millions marketing the latest version of its software. These products are being aggressively marketed to teenagers through television ads. He markets his wares at craft shows. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The degree of that electricity sticker shock will vary by region depending on two variables: How much the region relies on natural gas for electricity and how its power market is structured. Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022 Most of Netflix’s growth at the moment is coming from outside of its home market, in the United States. Andy Meek, BGR, 14 Sep. 2022 The aim of the study is to gather market data, pinpoint barriers and find ways organizations can collaborate to provide housing for adults with autism and other neurodiversities. Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 10 Sep. 2022 Round Top trendy, Texans have been flocking to the tiny town (population of 90) between Houston and Austin for its twice-yearly antique market. Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 9 Sep. 2022 Narasimhan is stepping into the role at a pivotal moment for Starbucks, which is fighting a unionization effort that is gathering steam in the United States and continues its expansion in China, its major growth market. Danielle Wiener-bronner, CNN, 7 Sep. 2022 Likely not, and VW is arguably making a canny bet that our market wants not another minivan benchmarked to the strengths of the existing crop but a machine that goes in a completely different direction. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 6 Sep. 2022 The Chinese tech giant has also been facing harsher restrictions in its home market, prompting it to seek out more opportunities abroad. Jonathan Lee, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 Australia is currently dealing with profound talent shortages amid its tightest labor market in decades, with the jobless rate hitting a 48-year low in July. Chloe Taylor, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2022
Verb
The film also, sources say, wasn’t in good enough shape to justify the $50 million needed to market and release it in theaters. Brent Lang, Variety, 29 Aug. 2022 Built above the infrastructure are platforms made with technologies like automation, IoT, AI and ML—and more recent inventions like the metaverse—that increase the speed to market and provide an armory of advanced capabilities. Sandeep Kumar, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 The comments came as Alphabet launched an efficiency endeavor called Simplicity Sprint, which involves crowdsourcing ideas for bringing better products to market at a faster rate. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2022 Audi has been ahead of the headlight game for years, bringing matrix LED headlights to market in 2013 with the Audi A8 and adding digital matrix LED headlights in 2019. Michael A. Clinton, Car and Driver, 16 July 2022 According to Melissa Porch, a grant program coordinator at San Juan, the OREC support has been instrumental in teaching participants new ways to market and grow their businesses. Outside Online, 1 Apr. 2021 Below, 11 members of Forbes Coaches Council discuss how entrepreneurs and small business owners can market each other’s products and services in a way that feels organic to potential clients. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 June 2022 Even with the push toward more inclusive hiring practices and concerted efforts across the publishing industry to buy more books by authors of color, those same writers have been told publishers don’t know how to market their novels. Marilyn La Jeunesse, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2021 To help small-time farmers, Digital Haat provides detailed instructions on how to market their stock. New York Times, 11 Aug. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle English, probably from Continental Germanic; akin to Old Saxon markat marketplace, Old High German marcāt, both ultimately from Latin mercatus trade, marketplace, from mercari to trade, from merc-, merx merchandise

First Known Use

Noun

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of market was in the 12th century

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