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US
/ˈmɑɹkət, ˈmɑɹkɪt/
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[ UK /mˈɑːkɪt/ ]
[ UK /mˈɑːkɪt/ ]
NOUN
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a marketplace where groceries are sold
the grocery store included a meat market -
the customers for a particular product or service
before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it -
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
they were driven from the marketplace
without competition there would be no market -
the securities markets in the aggregate
the market always frustrates the small investor - an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
VERB
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make commercial
Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life -
buy household supplies
We go marketing every Saturday - deal in a market
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engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of
The company is marketing its new line of beauty products
How To Use market In A Sentence
- The main square is called “Rynek” (which basically means “central market place”), and in the middle there are two buildings: “Ratusz” or City Hall (compare with German “Rathaus”) and “Sukiennice”, a long one-level building not unlike a bazaar, filled with stores. Matthew Yglesias » Krakow
- There are a lot of so-called "Mathematical Economic Models" in today's market, but none of them presents an inclusive and deterministic system.
- And I think the resort is about 25% overpriced, considering the worn-down state of the place and the fact you can get a two-night package at the definitely more upmarket Avillion in Port Dickson (also not really PD, but a dozen kilometres south) from about RM800 as well. Vacations: Tiara Beach Resort — Fusion Despatches
- After putting its energy into the 2008 acquisition of Northwest Airlines, the Atlanta-based carrier plans to spend more than $2 billion through 2013 to lure travelers with new flat-bed seats, video on demand and upgraded facilities in hotly contested markets such as New York. Delta Refocuses
- The market opened 100 booths selling South Korean clothes on 2,600 square meters of floor last August.
- This type of power - a culture that radiates outward and a market that draws inward - rests on pull, not on push; on acceptance, not on imposition.
- With more than a decade of contactless payment experience, the company has delivered tens of millions of chips to the market.
- Fun is the secret ingredient of a lot of great companies, but 10 years of economic prosperity, a resurgent stock market, and the dawning of the dot-com have created other business priorities.
- I want to see Randy answer this question: 1. Accepting arguendo that mandating a person to buy health insurance is not regulation of commerce, there is no question that the rest of the bill is regulating the interstate market in health insurance*. The Volokh Conspiracy » A Quick Response to Randy on the Use of “Unprecedented”
- But the underlying cause of last week's yo-yo-ing on the markets was the long-awaited shake-out of the over-valued internet companies.
