Definition of market
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a(1) : a meeting together of people for the purpose of trade by private purchase and sale and usually not by auction
(2) : the people assembled at such a meeting
b(1) : a public place where a market is held especially : a place where provisions are sold at wholesale a farmers' market
(2) : a retail establishment usually of a specified kind
a fish market
2 archaic : the act or an instance of buying and selling
3 : the rate or price offered for a commodity or security
4a(1) : a geographic area of demand for commodities or services
sell in the southern market
(2) : a specified category of potential buyers
the youth market
b : the course of commercial activity by which the exchange of commodities is effected : extent of demand
the market is dull
c(1) : an opportunity for selling
a good market for used cars
(2) : the available supply of or potential demand for specified goods or services
the labor market
d : the area of economic activity in which buyers and sellers come together and the forces of supply and demand affect prices
producing goods for market rather than for consumption
in the market on the market
: in the position of being a potential buyer
in the market for a house
: available for purchase also : up for sale put their house on the market
market
verbmarketed; marketing; markets
Definition of market (Entry 2 of 2)
: to deal in a market
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The first known use of market was in the 12th century
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