| 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. |
| 13. | to buy or sell in a market; deal. |
| 14. | to buy food and provisions for the home. |
| 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. |

At The Market
An order to buy or sell a futures contract at the best available price upon entrance into the exchange for execution.
Investopedia Commentary
This is identical to a market order in the securities markets. When an investor places an order at the market, he or she is willing to forgo price discrimination for speediness of entry to or exit from a futures contract.
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Futures Fundamentals
See also: Futures Contract, Market Order