market share

noun

: the percentage of the market for a product or service that a company supplies

Examples of market share in a Sentence

The company has gained market share in the past year. companies working to increase their market shares
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The Microsoft 365 Copilot AI assistant has yet to gain anything approaching ubiquity in the business world, and the GitHub Copilot coding agent has ceded market share to newer players. Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 July 2026 OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta are all pricing inference below the cost of serving it, burning venture capital to buy market share. Jemma Green, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 To speed decision-making, and sharpen accountability for sell-out and market share, according to a Coty statement Thursday. Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 2 July 2026 Tesla car sales rose over the past three months for the second straight quarter in a sign the worst of the damage from boycotts and rivals stealing market share could be behind it. ABC News, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for market share

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of market share was in 1918

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“Market share.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20share. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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market share

noun
: the percentage of the market for a product or service that a company supplies

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