premarket
adjective
pre·mar·ket
(ˌ)prē-ˈmär-kət
variants
or pre-market
1
: occurring in the period prior to a product being available for purchase
premarket safety testing
a premarket clinical study of a drug
Dietary supplements are essentially exempt from premarket approval and testing because, unlike many drugs, they do not claim to be effective, pure, and safe.—Noel C. Paul
… fixed a premarket problem that led to lost pressure in the control.—Bicycling
2
: occurring prior to the opening of a stock market
premarket trading
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