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Definition: Meaning of, market in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈmɑːkɪt /

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market markets
  1. place to buy things [countable] a time when people buy and sell goods, food etc, or the place, usually outside or in a large building, where this happens
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  2. place to buy things [countable] American English a shop that sells food and things for the home [=  grocery store]
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  3. the market the STOCK MARKET
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  4. the market the total amount of trade in a particular kind of goods
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  5. the market the system in which all prices and wages depend on what goods people want to buy, how many they buy etc
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  6. on the market available for people to buy
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  7. country/area [countable] a particular country or area where a company sells its goods or where a particular type of goods is sold
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  8. people who buy [singular] the number of people who want to buy something, or the type of people who want to buy it
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  9. be in the market for something to be interested in buying something
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  10. the job/labour market the people looking for work, and the number of jobs that are available
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  11. a buyer's/seller's market a time that is better for buyers because prices are low, or better for sellers because prices are high
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
market marketed marketed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
marketing markets
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  1. to try to persuade people to buy a product by advertising it in a particular way, using attractive packages etc
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  2. to make a product available in shops
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market used in phrases

  • Common Market
    1. the Common Market old-fashioned a former name for the EUROPEAN UNION
  • OTC market (noun)
    1. a stock exchange where securities transactions are made via telephone and computer rather than on the floor of an exchange
  • Single European Market
    1. the unrestricted movement of goods and services between the countries of the European Union
  • bear market (noun)
    1. a situation in which the value of STOCK s is decreasing
  • black market (noun)
    1. the system by which people illegally buy and sell foreign money, goods that are difficult to obtain etc
  • black-market (adjective)
    1. distributed or sold illicitly
  • bull market (noun)
    1. a STOCK MARKET in which the price of SHARE s is going up and people are buying them
  • buyer's market (noun)
    1. a situation in which there is plenty of something available, so that buyers have a lot of choice and prices tend to be low
  • cattle market (noun)
    1. a place where cattle are bought and sold
    2. informal a beauty competition or a social event where women are judged only by their appearance - used to show disapproval
  • commodities market (noun)
    1. an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery
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