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Meaning of 'market' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Market [ n.]
- A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week.
- 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.
- An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; 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.
- Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market.
- The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth.
- The privelege granted to a town of having a public market.
2 . Market [ v. i.]
- To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.
3 . Market [ 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.

Meaning of 'market' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . market [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the customers for a particular product or service
Example in sentence:
  • before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it
Meaning (2):
- a marketplace where groceries are sold
Example in sentence:
  • the grocery store included a meat market
Meaning (3):
- the securities markets in the aggregate
Example in sentence:
  • the market always frustrates the small investor
Meaning (4):
- the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
Example in sentence:
  • they were driven from the marketplace;
  • without competition there would be no market
5 . market [ v]
Meaning (5):
- make commercial
Example in sentence:
  • Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life
Meaning (6):
- engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of
Example in sentence:
  • The company is marketing its new line of beauty products
Meaning (7):
- buy household supplies
Example in sentence:
  • We go marketing every Saturday

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