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Market

A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise, often periodic at a set time.

Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːkɪt/, /ˈmɑɹkɪt/

What “Market” means

Noun

A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise, often periodic at a set time.
A relatively spacious outdoor or covered site where traders set up stalls, either temporarily or permanently or semi-permanently, and buyers browse the merchandise.
Any physical store selling groceries, such as a grocery store or convenience store.
A group of potential or current customers for one's product.
A geographical area or region where a certain commercial demand exists.

Verb

To make (products or services) available for sale and promote them.
To promote for or as if for sale.
To sell.
To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.
To shop in a market; to attend a market.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English market, from late Old English market (“market”) and Anglo-Norman markiet (Old French marchié); all ultimately from Latin mercātus (“trade, market”), from mercor (“to trade, deal in, buy”), itself derived from merx (“wares, merchandise”). Doublet of mart. Cognate with West Frisian merk (“market”), Dutch markt, German Markt, Danish and Norwegian marked (“market”), Faroese and Icelandic markaður (“market”), Swedish marknad (“market”).

Meanings and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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