'Market' definitions:
Definition of 'market'
From: WordNet
noun
The world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace" [syn: market, marketplace, market place]
noun
The customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it"
noun
A marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market" [syn: grocery store, grocery, food market, market]
noun
The securities markets in the aggregate; "the market always frustrates the small investor" [syn: market, securities industry]
noun
An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up [syn: marketplace, market place, mart, market]
verb
Engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products"
verb
Buy household supplies; "We go marketing every Saturday"
verb
Deal in a market
verb
Make commercial; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life" [syn: commercialize, commercialise, market]
Definition of 'Market'
From: GCIDE
- Market \Mar"ket\, n. [Akin to D. markt, OHG. mark[=a]t, merk[=a]t, G. markt; all fr.L. mercatus trade, market place, fr. mercari, p. p. mercatus, to trade, traffic, merx, mercis, ware, merchandise, prob. akin to merere to deserve, gain, acquire: cf. F. march['e]. See Merit, and cf. Merchant, Mart.]
- 1. A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of buying and selling (as cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week; a farmers' market. [1913 Webster]
- He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares At wakes, and wassails, meetings, markets, fairs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Three women and a goose make a market. --Old Saying. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold. [1913 Webster]
- There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool. --John v. 2. [1913 Webster]
- 3. An opportunity for selling or buying anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods; there are none for sale on the market; the best price on the market. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- There is a third thing to be considered: how a market can be created for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the market. --J. S. Mill. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth. [1913 Webster]
- What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Eng. Law) The privelege granted to a town of having a public market. [1913 Webster]
- 7. A specified group of potential buyers, or a region in which goods may be sold; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, the under-30 market; the New Jersey market. [PJC]
- Note: Market is often used adjectively, or in forming compounds of obvious meaning; as, market basket, market day, market folk, market house, marketman, market place, market price, market rate, market wagon, market woman, and the like. [1913 Webster]
- Market beater, a swaggering bully; a noisy braggart. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
- Market bell, a bell rung to give notice that buying and selling in a market may begin. [Eng.] --Shak.
- Market cross, a cross set up where a market is held. --Shak.
- Market garden, a garden in which vegetables are raised for market.
- Market gardening, the raising of vegetables for market.
- Market place, an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held.
- Market town, a town that has the privilege of a stated public market. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Market'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Market'
From: GCIDE
- Market \Mar"ket\, v. t. To expose for sale in a market; to traffic in; to sell in a market, and in an extended sense, to sell in any manner; as, most of the farmes have marketed their crops. [1913 Webster]
- Industrious merchants meet, and market there The world's collected wealth. --Southey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'market'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agora,
- auto show,
- balance of trade,
- bazaar,
- be in,
- big business,
- bill of sale,
- boat show,
- browse,
- business,
- business dealings,
- buy and sell,
- call,
- campo,
- carriage trade,
- carry,
- clientage,
- clientele,
- close out,
- commerce,
- commercial affairs,
- commercial complex,
- commercial relations,
- competitive market,
- convert into cash,
- custom,
- cut under,
- deal in,
- dealing,
- dealings,
- demand,
- Dow-Jones Industrial Average,
- dump,
- effect a sale,
- emporium,
- exchange,
- exposition,
- fair,
- fair trade,
- flea fair,
- flea market,
- forum,
- free trade,
- furnish,
- give,
- go marketing,
- go shopping,
- handle,
- hawk,
- industry,
- intercourse,
- job,
- long market,
- make a sale,
- make available,
- market cross,
- market index,
- market overt,
- marketing,
- marketplace,
- mart,
- mass market,
- mercantile business,
- merchandise,
- merchandising,
- merchantry,
- move,
- multilateral trade,
- open market,
- outlet,
- patronage,
- peddle,
- piazza,
- place,
- plaza,
- public,
- purchasing public,
- reciprocal trade,
- resell,
- restraint of trade,
- retail,
- retailing,
- rialto,
- rural market,
- sacrifice,
- sale,
- sales,
- sell,
- sell off,
- sell on consignment,
- sell out,
- sell over,
- sell retail,
- sell short,
- sell up,
- sell wholesale,
- selling,
- shop,
- shopping center,
- shopping mall,
- shopping plaza,
- show,
- showroom,
- small business,
- spotty market,
- square,
- staple,
- steady market,
- stiff market,
- stock market,
- stock price index,
- store,
- street market,
- strong market,
- suburban market,
- supermarket,
- the business world,
- the market,
- the marketplace,
- ticker market,
- tie-in,
- top-heavy market,
- trade,
- trade fair,
- trade in,
- traffic,
- traffic in,
- truck,
- turn into money,
- turn over,
- turnover,
- undercut,
- undersell,
- unilateral trade,
- unload,
- unsteady market,
- vend,
- Wall Street,
- weak market,
- wholesale,
- wholesaling,
- wholesome,
- window-shop,
- youth market
Words containing 'Market'
- Marketable,
- Marketableness,
- Marketed,
- Marketer,
- Marketing,
- Market beater,
- Market bell,
- Market cross,
- Market garden,
- Market gardening,
- Market place,
- Market town,
- New Market,
- New Market, IN,
- Stock market,
- To be long of the market,
- To forestall the market,
- To glut the market,
- To rig the market,
- bear market,
- black market,
- black marketeer,
- bull market,
- buyer's market,
- buyers' market,
- commodities market,
- common market,
- curb market,
- direct marketing,
- down-market,
- farmer's market,
- flea market,
- flood the market,
- food market,
- forward market,
- futures market,
- gray market,
- green market,
- grey market,
- labor market,
- market analysis,
- market analyst,
- market capitalisation,
- market capitalization,
- market day,
- market economy,
- market forces,
- market keeper,
- market letter,
- market order,
- market penetration,
- market price,
- market research,
- market square,
- market strategist,
- market value,
- marketing cost,
- marketing research,
- meat market,
- money market,
- open market,
- otc market,
- play the market,
- securities market,
- seller's market,
- sellers' market,
- slave market,
- soft market,
- spot market,
- East New Market,
- New Market, AL,
- New Market, IA,
- New Market, MD,
- New Market, MN,
- New Market, TN,
- New Market, VA,
- Test-market,
- To be on the long side of the market,
- To go long of the market,
- black-market,
- over-the-counter market,
- stock market index,
- East New Market, MD,
- defense reutilization and marketing service,
- non-market economy,
- open-air market