premarket

adjective

pre·mar·ket (ˌ)prē-ˈmär-kət

variants or pre-market

: 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

: occurring prior to the opening of a stock market

premarket trading

Examples of premarket in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web McDonald’s shares were down 0.5% in premarket US trading. —

Shirley Zhao, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024 Shares of Boeing fell 7.9% in premarket US trading on Monday as investors assessed any impact on production and planemaker’s long-term outlook. —

Julie Johnsson, Fortune, 7 Jan. 2024

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