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mar·ket    Audio Help   [mahr-kit] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
2.a store for the sale of food: a meat market.
3.a meeting of people for selling and buying.
4.the assemblage of people at such a meeting.
5.trade or traffic, esp. as regards a particular commodity: the market in cotton.
6.a body of persons carrying on extensive transactions in a specified commodity: the cotton market.
7.the field of trade or business: the best shoes in the market.
8.demand for a commodity: an unprecedented market for leather.
9.a body of existing or potential buyers for specific goods or services: the health-food market.
10.a region in which goods and services are bought, sold, or used: the foreign market; the New England market.
11.current price or value: a rising market for shoes.
12.stock market.
–verb (used without object)
13.to buy or sell in a market; deal.
14.to buy food and provisions for the home.
–verb (used with object)
15.to carry or send to market for disposal: to market produce every week.
16.to dispose of in a market; sell.
17.at the market, at the prevailing price in the open market.
18.in the market for, ready to buy; interested in buying: I'm in the market for a new car.
19.on the market, for sale; available: Fresh asparagus will be on the market this week.

[Origin: 1100–1150; ME, late OE < VL *marcātus, L mercātus trading, traffic, market]

mar·ket·er, noun

16. vend, merchandise, peddle.
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mar·ket    Audio Help   (mär'kĭt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A public gathering held for buying and selling merchandise.
  2. A place where goods are offered for sale.
  3. A store or shop that sells a particular type of merchandise: a vegetable market.
    1. The business of buying and selling a specified commodity: the soybean market.
    2. A market price.
    3. A geographic region considered as a place for sales: grain for the foreign market; the West Coast market.
    4. A subdivision of a population considered as buyers: cosmetics for the upscale market.
    5. An exchange for buying and selling stocks or commodities: securities sold on the New York market.
    6. The entire enterprise of buying and selling commodities and securities: The market has been slow recently.
  4. The opportunity to buy or sell; extent of demand for merchandise: a big market for gourmet foods.
    1. An exchange for buying and selling stocks or commodities: securities sold on the New York market.
    2. The entire enterprise of buying and selling commodities and securities: The market has been slow recently.

v.   mar·ket·ed, mar·ket·ing, mar·kets

v.   tr.
  1. To offer for sale.
  2. To sell.

v.   intr.
  1. To deal in a market.
  2. To buy household supplies: We marketed for a special Sunday dinner.


[Middle English, from Old North French, from Vulgar Latin *marcātus, from Latin mercātus, from past participle of mercārī, to buy, from merx, merc-, merchandise.]

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market 
c.1154, "a meeting at a fixed time for buying and selling livestock and provisions," from O.N.Fr. market (O.Fr. marchiet, Fr. marché), from L. mercatus "trading, trade, market" (cf. It. mercato, Sp. mercado), from pp. of mercari "to trade, deal in, buy," from merx (gen. mercis) "wares, merchandise," from Italic root *merk-, possibly from Etruscan, referring to various aspects of economics. Meaning "public building or space where markets are held" first attested c.1250. Sense of "sales, as controlled by supply and demand" is from 1689. The verb is 1635, from the noun. Market value (1691) first attested in writings of John Locke.

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market

noun
1. 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" 
2. the customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it" 
3. a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market" [syn: grocery store
4. the securities markets in the aggregate; "the market always frustrates the small investor" 
5. an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up [syn: marketplace

verb
1. engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products" 
2. buy household supplies; "We go marketing every Saturday" 
3. deal in a market 
4. make commercial; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life" [syn: commercialize

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market1 [ˈmaːkit] noun
a public place where people meet to buy and sell or the public event at which this happens
Example: He has a clothes stall in the market.
Arabic: سوق
Chinese (Simplified): (交易)市场
Chinese (Traditional): (交易)市場
Czech: tržiště
Danish: marked; markedsplads
Dutch: markt
Estonian: turg
Finnish: tori, markkinat
French: marché
German: der Markt
Greek: αγορά
Hungarian: piac
Icelandic: markaður
Indonesian: pasar
Italian: mercato
Japanese: 市場
Korean: 시장
Latvian: tirgus
Lithuanian: turgus, prekyvietė
Norwegian: markedsplass, torg
Polish: rynek, targ
Portuguese (Brazil): feira, mercado
Portuguese (Portugal): mercado
Romanian: piaţă
Russian: рынок; базар
Slovak: trhovisko
Slovenian: trg
Spanish: mercado
Swedish: torg, marknadsplats
Turkish: pazar, çarşı
market2 [ˈmaːkit] noun
(a place where there is) a demand for certain things
Example: There is a market for cotton goods in hot countries.
Arabic: يوجَد سوق، يوجَد طَلَب
Chinese (Simplified): 销路
Chinese (Traditional): 銷路
Czech: trh
Danish: marked; efterspørgsel
Dutch: markt
Estonian: turg
Finnish: menekki
French: marché
German: der Absatzmarkt
Greek: αγορά
Hungarian: piac
Icelandic: markaður
Indonesian: pasaran
Italian: mercato
Japanese: 販路
Korean: 시장, 수요
Latvian: tirgus, noiets
Lithuanian: rinka, paklausa
Norwegian: marked
Polish: rynek
Portuguese (Brazil): mercado
Portuguese (Portugal): mercado
Romanian: piaţă
Russian: спрос
Slovak: trh
Slovenian: tržišče
Spanish: mercado
Swedish: marknad
Turkish: pazar, talep
market [ˈmaːkit] verb
to (attempt to) sell
Example: I produce the goods and my brother markets them all over the world.
Arabic: يَبيع، يُسَوِّق
Chinese (Simplified): 销售
Chinese (Traditional): 銷售
Czech: prodávat
Danish: markedsføre; sælge
Dutch: verhandelen
Estonian: turustama
Finnish: markkinoida
French: vendre
German: verkaufen
Greek: πουλώ, διοχετεύω στην αγορά
Hungarian: elad
Icelandic: setja á markað
Indonesian: memasarkan
Italian: vendere
Japanese: 売る
Korean: 팔다, 판촉하다
Latvian: tirgoties; pārdot
Lithuanian: (stengtis) parduoti
Norwegian: markedsføre, forhandle
Polish: sprzedawać
Portuguese (Brazil): vender
Portuguese (Portugal): comercializar
Romanian: a vinde
Russian: продавать, находить рынок сбыта
Slovak: predávať
Slovenian: prodajati
Spanish: vender
Swedish: sälja
Turkish: pazarlamak
See also: be on the market, market-place, market-square, marketable, marketing, market-garden, market price/value, market research

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New Market, AL (CDP, FIPS 54312) Location: 34.90946 N, 86.42512 W
Population (1990): 1094 (429 housing units)
Area: 18.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 35761

New Market, IA (city, FIPS 56370) Location: 40.73243 N, 94.90003 W
Population (1990): 454 (240 housing units)
Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 51646

New Market, TN (town, FIPS 52940) Location: 36.09888 N, 83.55243 W
Population (1990): 1086 (412 housing units)
Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 37820

New Market, VA (town, FIPS 55848) Location: 38.64763 N, 78.67485 W
Population (1990): 1435 (694 housing units)
Area: 3.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 22844

New Market, IN (town, FIPS 53262) Location: 39.95191 N, 86.92213 W
Population (1990): 614 (251 housing units)
Area: 0.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

New Market, MD (town, FIPS 55650) Location: 39.38407 N, 77.27439 W
Population (1990): 328 (131 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

New Market, MN (city, FIPS 45736) Location: 44.57210 N, 93.34966 W
Population (1990): 227 (88 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Wool Market, MS (CDP, FIPS 81200) Location: 30.46753 N, 88.99570 W
Population (1990): 1166 (472 housing units)
Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

East New Market, MD (town, FIPS 24450) Location: 38.59910 N, 75.92387 W
Population (1990): 153 (71 housing units)
Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 21631

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
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Market

Mar"ket\, n. [Akin to D. markt, OHG. mark[=a]t, merk[=a]t, G. markt; all fr.L. mercatus trade, market place, fr. mercari, p. p. mercatus, to trade, traffic, merx, mercis, ware, merchandise, prob. akin to merere to deserve, gain, acquire: cf. F. march['e]. See Merit, and cf. Merchant, Mart.]

1. A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week.

He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares At wakes, and wassails, meetings, markets, fairs. --Shak.

Three women and a goose make a market. --Old Saying.

2. A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold.

There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool. --John v. 2.

3. An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods.

There is a third thing to be considered: how a market can be created for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the market. --J. S. Mill.

4. Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market.

5. The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth.

What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed ? --Shak.

6. (Eng. Law) The privelege granted to a town of having a public market.

Note: Market is often used adjectively, or in forming compounds of obvious meaning; as, market basket, market day, market folk, market house, marketman, market place, market price, market rate, market wagon, market woman, and the like.

Market beater, a swaggering bully; a noisy braggart. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Market bell, a bell rung to give notice that buying and selling in a market may begin. [Eng.] --Shak.

Market cross, a cross set up where a market is held. --Shak.

Market garden, a garden in which vegetables are raised for market.

Market gardening, the raising of vegetables for market.

Market place, an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held.

Market town, a town that has the privilege of a stated public market.
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Market

Mar"ket\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Marketing.] To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.
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Market

Mar"ket\, v. t. To expose for sale in a market; to traffic in; to sell in a market, and in an extended sense, to sell in any manner; as, most of the farmes have marketed their crops.

Industrious merchants meet, and market there The world's collected wealth. --Southey.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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