noun

market

MAH-kiht

noun

A place, physical or online, where goods are bought and sold.

"They sell fresh vegetables at the farmers' market every Saturday."

"She browsed the stalls at the flea market."

The overall demand and trading activity for a particular good, service, or set of assets.

"The housing market cooled sharply after interest rates rose."

verb

To promote and sell a product or service.

"The company markets its sneakers heavily to teenagers."

How to Use Market

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA place where things are bought and sold, or, more broadly, the trading activity and demand around a product.

Common pairings

stock market job market market a product go to market

marketed past tense, markets plural, Markets plural, markets singular

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From Latin mercātus ("trade, market"), from mercor ("to trade, buy"), the same root behind "merchant" and "commerce."

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