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market noun [ ˈmɑːkɪt ]

• 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 area or arena in which commercial dealings are conducted.
• "the UK market remained in recession"

market verb

• advertise or promote (something).
• "the product was marketed under the name ‘aspirin’"
Similar: sell, retail, offer for sale, put up for sale, vend, merchandise, trade, peddle, hawk, advertise, promote,
Origin: Middle English, via Anglo-Norman French from Latin mercatus, from mercari ‘buy’ (see also merchant).

on the market

• available for sale.
• "she decided to put her flat on the market"
Similar: on sale, up for sale, for sale, on offer, purchasable, available, obtainable, on the block,

be in the market for

• wish to buy.
"she's in the market for a new laptop"

make a market

• take part in active dealing in particular shares or other assets.
"the illiquidity of gamma stocks means that it is difficult to make a market in them"

on the market

• available for sale.
"she decided to put her flat on the market"



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