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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After a rocky year, Nissan Americas is banking on Tennessee to anchor its recovery in 2026, Chairman Christian Meunier said, calling the state vital to the automaker’s push to reclaim market share. Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Dec. 2025 Rolex is the biggest player, producing more than a million units a year — roughly a third of the Swiss market share. Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025 With a bigger market share of new box office films, the bigger company could negotiate for a higher portion of theater ticket sales against the weaker movie theaters. Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025 Such a deal would combine the fifth and 10th largest container shipping firms worldwide by market share of 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs), according to industry research database Alphaliner. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 Dec. 2025 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 12 Dec. 2025.

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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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