Definition of 'market'

Word Frequency

market

(mɑːʳkɪt )

Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense markets , present participle marketing , past tense, past participle marketed

1. countable noun

A market is a place where goods are bought and sold, usually outdoors.

He sold boots on a market stall.

2. countable noun [usually singular]

The market for a particular type of thing is the number of people who want to buy it, or the area of the world in which it is sold.

[business]

The foreign market was increasingly crucial.

...the Russian market for personal computers. [+ for]

But there is no youth market in cars.

[Also + in]

3. singular noun

The market refers to the total amount of a product that is sold each year, especially when you are talking about the competition between the companies who sell that product.

[business]

The two big companies control 72% of the market.

Synonyms: trade, business, dealing, commerce More Synonyms of market

4. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]

If you talk about a market economy, or the market price of something, you are referring to an economic system in which the prices of things depend on how many are available and how many people want to buy them, rather than prices being fixed by governments.

[business]

Their ultimate aim was a market economy for Hungary.

He must sell the house for the current market value.

...the market price of cocoa.

5. verb

To market a product means to organize its sale, by deciding on its price, where it should be sold, and how it should be advertised.

[business]

...if you marketed our music the way you market pop music. [VERB noun]

They have been marketed largely to buyers in America. [VERB noun]

...if a soap is marketed as an anti-acne product. [be VERB-ed + as]

Synonyms: sell, promote, retail, peddle More Synonyms of market

6. singular noun

The job market or the labour market refers to the people who are looking for work and the jobs available for them to do.

[business]

Every year, 250,000 people enter the job market.

...the changes in the labour market during the 1980s.

7. singular noun

The stock market is sometimes referred to as the market.

[business]

The market collapsed last October.

8. See also black market, market forces, open market

See a buyer's/seller's market

10.

See in the market for something

11.

See on the market

12.

See to price yourself out of the market

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market in British English

(ˈmɑːkɪt )

noun

an event or occasion, usually held at regular intervals, at which people meet for the purpose of buying and selling merchandise

(as modifier)

market day

a place, such as an open space in a town, at which a market is held

a shop that sells a particular merchandise

an antique market

4. See the market

the trading or selling opportunities provided by a particular group of people

the foreign market

demand for a particular product or commodity

there is no market for furs here

7. See stock market

8. See market price, market value

9. See at market

10. See be in the market for

11. See on the market

12. See play the market

13. See buyer's market

14. See seller's market

verbWord forms: -kets, -keting or -keted

15. (transitive)

to offer or produce for sale

16. (intransitive)

to buy or deal in a market

Derived forms

marketer (ˈmarketer)

noun

Word origin

C12: from Latin mercātus; from mercāri to trade, from merx merchandise

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market in American English

(ˈmɑrkɪt )

noun

a gathering of people for buying and selling things, esp. provisions or livestock

the people gathered

the time of such a gathering

an open space or a building where goods are shown for sale, usually with stalls or booths for the various dealers

a store or shop for the sale of provisions

a meat market

a region in which goods can be bought and sold

the Asian market

buying and selling; trade in goods, stocks, etc.

an active market

trade in a specified commodity

the wheat market

a place where such trade is carried on

the group of people associated in such trade

stock market

opportunity to sell, or demand (for goods or services)

a good market for new products

opportunity to buy, or supply (of goods or services)

reduced labor market

market price

market value

verb transitive

10.

to send or take to market

11.

to offer for sale

12.

to sell

verb intransitive

13.

to deal in a market; buy or sell

14.

to buy provisions for the home

Idioms:

be in the market for

be on the market

put on the market

Derived forms

marketeer (ˌmarketˈeer) (ˌmɑrkəˈtɪr )

noun

marketer (ˈmarketer)

noun

Word origin

ME < NormFr < L mercatus, trade, marketplace, pp. of mercari, to trade < merx (gen. mercis), wares, merchandise < ? IE base *mer-, to seize

Word Frequency

market in Retail 1

(mɑrkɪt)

Word forms: (regular plural) markets

noun

(Retail: Outlets)

A market is anywhere goods are exchanged for money, especially selling a certain type of merchandise, such as fish or Christmas gifts, or held by a particular group of sellers, such as farmers.

There is a farmers' market in the town every Friday.

The Christmas market draws visitors to the city every year.

A market is anywhere goods are exchanged for money, especially selling a certain type of merchandise, such as fish or Christmas gifts, or held by a particular group of sellers, such as farmers.

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market in Retail 2

(mɑrkɪt)

Word forms: (regular plural) markets

noun

(Retail: Marketing)

The market for a particular product or service is all the people who buy it or might be persuaded to buy it.

For providing the supplier with a market for his goods, the small business normally receives a portion of the revenue on each item sold.

New markets are opening up in the Far East and China.

The market for a particular product or service is all the people who buy it or might be persuaded to buy it.

market data, market research, niche market, on the market

Word Frequency

market in Retail 3

(mɑrkɪt)

Word forms: (present) markets, (past) marketed, (perfect) marketed, (progressive) marketing

verb

(Retail: Marketing)

To market goods is to offer them for sale, or try to persuade people to buy them.

They have some imaginative ideas about how to market their restaurant in a bad economy.

This marketing course will give you ideas on how to market your products.

To market goods is to offer them for sale, or try to persuade people to buy them.

marketable

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market in Accounting

(mɑrkɪt)

Word forms: (regular plural) markets

noun

(Accounting: Investing)

The market for a particular product is the people who want to buy it.

The two big companies control 72 percent of the market.

The company sees strong demand for its products, and believes the market for computer workstations remains healthy.

The market for a particular product is the people who want to buy it.

fair market value, mark-to-market

Talking about marketsIf a company starts selling a particular thing, it enters that market. If it makes products that people want to buy, it taps a particular market.If a company sells more than other companies in a particular market, it dominates that market, or corners the market.If a company sells so much of a product that it is not worth another company trying to sell it, it floods or saturates the market.A strong market can be described as booming or buoyant. A market that is not stable is volatile or jittery, and a market in which sales are slow is sluggish.