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   market

   /ˈmɑːkɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other commodities: "they wanted to browse around the street market"
   • ▪ an open space or covered building where vendors convene to sell their goods: "Billingsgate Market" Similar shopping centremarketplacemartretail outletflea marketfairbazaarpiazzaplazasoukhistorical:agoraarchaic:emporium
   • 2. an area or arena in which commercial dealings are conducted: "the UK market remained in recession"
   • ▪ a demand for a particular commodity or service: "there is a market for high-priced wine" Similar demandcallwantdesireneedrequirement
   • ▪ the state of trade at a particular time or in a particular context: "the bottom's fallen out of the market" Similar tradetradingbusinesscommercebuying and sellingdealing
   • ▪ the free market: "future development cannot be left to the market"
   • ▪ a stock market: "the sale of the company's shares on world markets"

   verb

   • 1. advertise or promote (something): "the product was marketed under the name ‘aspirin’"
   • ▪ offer for sale: "sheep farmers are still unable to market their lambs"
   • ▪ go shopping for provisions: "then I have to go uptown and market"

   Word Origin Middle English, via Anglo-Norman French from Latin mercatus, from mercari ‘buy’ (see also merchant).

   Scrabble Points: 12

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