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n. (act) | 1. market, market place, marketplace | 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" |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| ~ black market | an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls. |
| ~ buyer's market, buyers' market, soft market | a market in which more people want to sell than want to buy. |
| ~ gray market, grey market | an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency. |
| ~ seller's market, sellers' market | a market in which more people want to buy than want to sell. |
| ~ labor market | the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers. |
| ~ monopoly | (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller.; "a monopoly on silver"; "when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like" |
| ~ monopsony | (economics) a market in which goods or services are offered by several sellers but there is only one buyer. |
| ~ oligopoly | (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors. |
n. (group) | 2. market | the customers for a particular product or service.; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it" |
| ~ social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class | people having the same social, economic, or educational status.; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" |
| ~ black market | people who engage in illicit trade. |
n. (artifact) | 3. food market, grocery, grocery store, market | a marketplace where groceries are sold.; "the grocery store included a meat market" |
| ~ greengrocery | a greengrocer's grocery store. |
| ~ market place, mart, marketplace, market | an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up. |
| ~ shelf | a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects. |
| ~ supermarket | a large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods. |
n. (group) | 4. market, securities industry | the securities markets in the aggregate.; "the market always frustrates the small investor" |
| ~ securities market, stock exchange, stock market | an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers. |
| ~ industry | the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise.; "each industry has its own trade publications" |
| ~ bear market | a market characterized by falling prices for securities. |
| ~ bull market | a market characterized by rising prices for securities. |
| ~ the city | used to allude to the securities industry of Great Britain. |
| ~ the street, wall street | used to allude to the securities industry of the United States. |
| ~ money market | a market for short-term debt instruments. |
| ~ nondepository financial institution | a financial institution that funds their investment activities from the sale of securities or insurance. |
n. (artifact) | 5. market, market place, marketplace, mart | an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up. |
| ~ public square, agora | a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece. |
| ~ bazar, bazaar | a street of small shops (especially in Orient). |
| ~ food market, grocery, grocery store, market | a marketplace where groceries are sold.; "the grocery store included a meat market" |
| ~ mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet | a place of business for retailing goods. |
| ~ market square, open-air market, open-air marketplace | a public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold. |
| ~ slave market | a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War). |
| ~ agora | the marketplace in ancient Greece. |
v. (possession) | 6. market | engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of.; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ merchandise, trade | engage in the trade of.; "he is merchandising telephone sets" |
| ~ offer | make available for sale.; "The stores are offering specials on sweaters this week" |
v. (possession) | 7. market | buy household supplies.; "We go marketing every Saturday" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ shop | do one's shopping.; "She goes shopping every Friday" |
v. (possession) | 8. market | deal in a market. |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ sell, trade, deal | do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood.; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" |
v. (change) | 9. commercialise, commercialize, market | make commercial.; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
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