Market - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈmɑːrkɪt|  American pronunciation of the word market
Brit.  |ˈmɑːkɪt|  British pronunciation of the word market

noun

- the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold (syn: marketplace)
without competition there would be no market
they were driven from the marketplace
- the customers for a particular product or service
before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it
- a marketplace where groceries are sold (syn: grocery)
the grocery store included a meat market
- the securities markets in the aggregate
the market always frustrates the small investor
- an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up (syn: marketplace, mart)

verb

- engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of
The company is marketing its new line of beauty products
- buy household supplies
We go marketing every Saturday
- deal in a market
- make commercial (syn: commercialize)

Extra examples

I stopped at the market on the way home for some juice.

They are trying to develop foreign markets for American cotton.

The company sells mainly to the Southern market.

New markets are opening up all over the world.

Advertisers are trying to appeal to the youth market.

Targeting a more mature market

A reference work for the educational market

The company has spent millions marketing the latest version of its software.

These products are being aggressively marketed to teenagers through television ads.

He markets his wares at craft shows.

We're in the market for a new house.

There's no market for these goods.

The market is active.

The market is depressed.

I usually buy all my vegetables at the market.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: market
he/she/it: markets
present participle: marketing
past tense: marketed
past participle: marketed
noun
singular: market
plural: markets
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