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adjective mass-mar·ket \ ˈmas-ˈmär-kət \

Definition of mass-market

1 : sold through such retail outlets as supermarkets and drugstores as well as through bookstores
  • a mass-market paperback
; also : of, relating to, or publishing mass-market materials
2 : appealing or sold to a general audience

First Known Use of mass-market

1952

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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mass-market Synonyms

Synonyms

commercial, corporate, marketable, salable (or saleable);

Antonyms

noncommercial, nonsalable, uncommercial, unmarketable, unsalable;

Related Words

mass-produced, wholesale;

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