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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| market (ˈmɑːkɪt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. an event or occasion, usually held at regular intervals, at which people meet for the purpose of buying and selling merchandise |
| b. (as modifier): market day | |
| 2. | a place, such as an open space in a town, at which a market is held |
| 3. | a shop that sells a particular merchandise: an antique market |
| 4. | the market business or trade in a commodity as specified: the sugar market |
| 5. | the trading or selling opportunities provided by a particular group of people: the foreign market |
| 6. | demand for a particular product or commodity: there is no market for furs here |
| 7. | See stock market |
| 8. | market price See market value |
| 9. | at market at the current price |
| 10. | be in the market for to wish to buy or acquire |
| 11. | on the market available for purchase |
| 12. | play the market |
| a. to speculate on a stock exchange | |
| b. to act aggressively or unscrupulously in one's own commercial interests | |
| 13. | buyer's market a market characterized by excess supply and thus favourable to buyers |
| 14. | seller's market a market characterized by excess demand and thus favourable to sellers |
| —vb , -kets, -keting, -keted | |
| 15. | (tr) to offer or produce for sale |
| 16. | (intr) to buy or deal in a market |
| [C12: from Latin mercātus; from mercāri to trade, from merx merchandise] | |
| 'marketer | |
| —n | |