market

A2
Pronunciation
/ˈmɑːkɪt/
/ˈmɑɹkɪt/
Noun
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise at a set time, often periodic.

Example Sentences
  • The privilege to hold a weekly market was invaluable for any feudal era burgh.
2 Definition

City square or other fairly spacious site where traders set up stalls and buyers browse the merchandise.

3 Definition

A grocery store

Example Sentences
  • Stop by the market on your way home and pick up some milk
4 Definition

A group of potential customers for one's product.

Example Sentences
  • We believe that the market for the new widget is the older homeowner.
5 Definition

A geographical area where a certain commercial demand exists.

Example Sentences
  • Foreign markets were lost as our currency rose versus their valuta.
6 Definition

A formally organized, sometimes monopolistic, system of trading in specified goods or effects.

Example Sentences
  • The stock market ceased to be monopolized by the paper-shuffling national stock exchanges with the advent of Internet markets.
7 Definition

The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities.

8 Definition

The price for which a thing is sold in a market; hence, value; worth.

Verb
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

To make (products or services) available for sale and promote them.

Example Sentences
  • We plan to market an ecology model by next quarter.
2 Definition

To sell

Example Sentences
  • We marketed more this quarter already than all last year!
3 Definition

To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.