black-market
black market
noun
1.
the illicit buying and selling of goods in violation of legal price controls, rationing, etc.
2.
a place where such activity is carried on.
Origin:
1930–35
1930–35
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kɪt verb (used without object)
1.
to black-marketeer.
verb (used with object)
2.
to sell (something) in the black market.
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| black market | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. any system in which goods or currencies are sold and bought illegally, esp in violation of controls or rationing |
| b. (as modifier): black market lamb | |
| 2. | the place where such a system operates |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to sell (goods) on the black market |
| black marketeer | |
| —n | |
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black market definition
The illegal buying and selling of goods above the price fixed by a government. Black markets usually develop when, because of war, disaster, or public policy, a government tries to set prices for commodities instead of allowing the normal operations of supply and demand to set prices.
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