American English pronunciation
How to pronounce market
IPA transcription: ['mɑɹkət]
Pronunciation variants: ['mɑɹkət]['mɑɹkɪt]
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Noun
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the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
“without competition there would be no market”
“they were driven from the marketplace”
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the customers for a particular product or service
“before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it”
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a marketplace where groceries are sold
“the grocery store included a meat market”
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the securities markets in the aggregate
“the market always frustrates the small investor”
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an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
Verb
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engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of
“The company is marketing its new line of beauty products”
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buy household supplies
“We go marketing every Saturday”
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deal in a market
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make commercial
“Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life”
Usage examples
- The race was formerly staged during Newmarket's Champions' Day meeting in mid-October.
- To her amazement, she found a supermarket trolley lying on the seabed.
- Hallidie Plaza connects to the station on the north side of Market Street.
- He had used the two stones only once, one morning when he was at a marketplace.
- Kyocera markets products supporting the standard under the iBurst name.
- Similarly, economists specializing in the wine market have utilized the technique in their research.
- People in a crowded outdoor market.
- The Japanese domestic market had a large range of Starions to choose from.
- The pavement collapsed earlier this morning, injuring an old lady heading for the market.
- The old supermarket site has been redeveloped as an arcade.