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   Mar·ket

   /ˈmärkət/

   

   noun

   • 1. a regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other commodities: "farmers going to market"
   • ▪ an open space or covered building where vendors convene to sell their goods. Similar shopping centermarketplacemartretail outletflea marketfairbazaarpiazzaplazasoukhistorical:agoraarchaic:emporium
   • 2. an area or arena in which commercial dealings are conducted: "the labor market"
   • ▪ a demand for a particular commodity or service: "there is a market for ornamental daggers" Similar demandcallwantdesireneedrequirement
   • ▪ the state of trade at a particular time or in a particular context: "the bottom's fallen out of the market" Similar tradetradingbusinesscommercebuying and sellingdealing
   • ▪ the free market; the operation of supply and demand: "future development cannot simply be left to the market"
   • ▪ a stock market: "the sale of the company's shares on world markets"

   verb

   • 1. advertise or promote (something): "the product was marketed under the name “aspirin.”"
   • ▪ offer for sale: "sheep farmers are still unable to market their lambs"
   • ▪ buy or sell provisions in a market: "some people liked to do their marketing very early in the morning"

   Word Origin Middle English, via Anglo-Norman French from Latin mercatus, from mercari ‘buy’ (see also merchant).

   Scrabble Points: 12

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