market
[noun]
Synonyms:
- fair, bazaar, mart
[verb]
Synonyms:
- sell, retail, vend

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Related Words: wholesale

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English Thesaurus: advertise, promote, market, publicize, hype, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. mar‧ket¹ S1 W1 /ˈmɑːkət, ˈmɑːkɪt $ ˈmɑːr-/ noun
[Word Family: noun: market, marketing, marketeer., marketer; verb: market; adjective: marketable]
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old North French; Origin: Latin mercatus 'buying and selling, marketplace', from mercari 'to buy and sell', from merx 'things to sell']

1. PLACE TO BUY THINGS [countable]
a) a time when people buy and sell goods, food etc, or the place, usually outside or in a large building, where this happens:
I usually buy all my vegetables at the market.
fish/fruit and vegetable/flower etc market
There’s a good antiques market here on Sundays.
street market (=with a lot of different people selling things from tables, stalls etc in the street)
b) American English a shop that sells food and things for the home Synonym : grocery store

2. the market
a) the stock market:
Most analysts are forecasting a further downturn in the market.
As soon as she graduated from college, she started to play the market (=risk money on the stock market).
The markets (=all the stock markets in the world) are better prepared for a weakening economy than they were ten years ago.
b) the total amount of trade in a particular kind of goods:
Honda is trying to increase its market share.
the state of the art market
the housing/property etc market
Investors in the property market are worried about rising inflation.
the market in
the world market in aluminum ⇒ bear market, bull market
c) the system in which all prices and wages depend on what goods people want to buy, how many they buy etc:
The president believes prices should be determined by the market, not the government. ⇒ free market

3. on the market available for people to buy:
The manufacturers say the device will be on the market by May.
Handguns are freely available on the open market (=for anyone to buy).
They knew it wasn’t a good time to sell their house, but they still put it on the market (=offered it for sale).
a revolutionary new drug that has just come onto the market
► Do not say ‘in the market’. Say on the market.

4. COUNTRY/AREA [countable] a particular country or area where a company sells its goods or where a particular type of goods is sold:
Our main overseas market is Japan.
international/home/UK etc market
The domestic market makes up about 75% of their sales.
market for
The world’s largest market for illegal drugs is the US.

5. PEOPLE WHO BUY [singular] the number of people who want to buy something, or the type of people who want to buy it
market for
The market for specialist academic books is pretty small.
Is there a market for his invention?
niche/specialist market

6. be in the market for something to be interested in buying something:
This is a bad time to be in the market for a new car.

7. the job/labour market the people looking for work, and the number of jobs that are available:
The job market has been badly hit by the recession.

8. a buyer’s/seller’s market a time that is better for buyers because prices are low, or better for sellers because prices are high:
I’ll look for a house next year when it’s more of a buyer’s market.
⇒ corner the market at corner²(3), ⇒ price yourself out of the market at price²(4)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. market² verb [transitive]
[Word Family: noun: market, marketing, marketeer., marketer; verb: market; adjective: marketable]

1. to try to persuade people to buy a product by advertising it in a particular way, using attractive packages etc:
If you could ever figure out how to market this you’d make a fortune.
market something for somebody
They plan to market the toy for children aged 2 to 6.
market something as something
Electric cars are being marketed as safe for the environment.

2. to make a product available in shops:
The turkeys are marketed ready-to-cook.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

market
noun
I. place where people go to buy and sell things
ADJ. open-air, outdoor, street | covered, indoor | antiques, cattle, fruit and vegetable, etc. | flea (= that sells old or used goods at low prices)
VERB + MARKET hold The market is held on Wednesdays.
go to | take sth to They took the pigs to market.
MARKET + NOUN square | town | day
PREP. at/in a/the ~ to buy some fish at the market

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

market
II. business/trade
ADJ. competitive | active, booming, bullish, lively, strong, thriving | bull (finance), rising | depressed, dull, sluggish, weak | bear (finance), falling | steady | buyer's, seller's | foreign, global, international, overseas, world | domestic, home, internal, local | single the completion of the European single market in 1992
common | economic | free | open | black (= illegal) | bond, capital, commodity, consumer, currency, export, financial, foreign exchange, futures, housing, money, product, property, securities, stock | car, computer, etc. | job, labour
VERB + MARKET put sth on | come on/onto A new model has come on the market.
develop | break into, get into, penetrate They're hoping to get into the Far Eastern market.
capture, corner, monopolize | supply | flood flooding the market with cheap foreign goods
lose | depress | play an investor who knows how to play the market?and win
MARKET + VERB open up The Chinese market has opened up recently.
boom | pick up, rally | slump | be down, be up The market was down 15 per cent.
close The market closed weaker.
open
MARKET + NOUN price, value | conditions | leader | position, share | sector | trends
PREP. in/into a/the ~ changes in the UK market
on the ~ one of the best car deals on the market
~ in a thriving market in second-hand cars
PHRASES be in the market for sth (= be interested in buying sth), the bottom's dropped/fallen out of the market (= the market has collapsed), a gap in the market, the bottom/lower/top/upper end of the market

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

market
III. people who want to buy sth
ADJ. big, good, huge, large | poor, small | expanding, growing | shrinking | ready | niche
VERB + MARKET create The company has created a niche market for itself.
MARKET + VERB expand, grow | shrink | collapse | bear sth We will charge whatever the market will bear (= as much as people can be persuaded to pay).
MARKET + NOUN segment | niche | research
PREP. ~ for the market for new cars

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

market
IV. the free market
VERB + MARKET leave sth to Some services cannot be left to the market.
MARKET + NOUN forces | economy

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market
verb
ADV. heavily | effectively, successfully | cleverly | aggressively | actively | selectively The printer is being selectively marketed in a handful of countries.
PREP. as It will be marketed as a tonic for the elderly.
through The product is being marketed through the existing sales force.
to The company is not actively marketing its products to schools.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

market
noun
BAD: The magazine gives a list of all the computers in the market.
GOOD: The magazine gives a list of all the computers on the market.

Usage Note:
on the market (NOT in ) = available in shops for people to buy; for sale: 'It's not the cheapest machine on the market, but it's certainly the best.'

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Common Errors ▲

advertise verb [intransitive and transitive] to tell people about a product or service and try to persuade them to buy it, for example in a newspaper, television, or Internet advertisement:
Some universities advertise on television.
She has signed a deal to advertise the company's haircare products.
promote verb [transitive] to try to increase the sales or popularity of a product or event, for example by selling it at a lower price or talking about it on television:
He's in London to promote his new album.
market verb [transitive] to try to sell a product or service by deciding which type of people are likely to buy it and by making it interesting to them:
The collection is being marketed as clothing for climbers and skiers.
Most companies have agreed not to market products to children under 12.
publicize (also publicise British English) verb [transitive] to tell the public about something by writing about it in newspapers, speaking about it on television etc:
He had done a lot of interviews to publicize his new book.
The hostages' case has been widely publicized.
hype verb [transitive] informal to try to make people think something is good or important by advertising or talking about it a lot on television, the radio etc. Hype is often used when you do not trust the information:
The boxing match was being hyped as the biggest fight of the decade.
plug verb [transitive] informal to advertise a book, film etc by talking about it on television or radio:
Marc was on the show to plug his new play.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

customer someone who buys goods or services from a shop or company:
Customers were waiting for the shop to open.
The bank is one of our biggest customers.
client someone who pays for a service from a professional person or company:
He has a meeting with one of his clients.
The company buys and sells shares on behalf of their clients
shopper someone who goes to the shops looking for things to buy:
The streets were full of Christmas shoppers.
guest someone who pays to stay in a hotel:
Guests must leave their rooms by 10 am.
patron /ˈpeɪtrən/ formal a customer of a particular shop, restaurant or hotel – usually written on signs:
The notice said ‘Parking for Patrons Only’.
patient someone who is getting medical treatment from a doctor, or in a hospital:
He is a patient of Dr Williams.
consumer anyone who buys goods or uses services – used when considering these people as a group who have particular rights, needs, or behaviour:
Consumers are demanding more environmentally-friendly products.
the rights of the consumer
The law is designed to protect consumers who buy goods on the Internet.
market the number of people who want to buy a product, or the type of people who want to buy it:
The market for organic food is growing all the time.
a magazine aimed at the youth market
clientele /ˌkliːənˈtel $ ˌklaɪənˈtel, ˌkliː-/ formal the type of customers that a particular shop, restaurant etc gets:
The hotel has a very upmarket clientele.
They have a wealthy international clientele.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

shop especially British English, store especially American English a building or place where things are sold:
She's gone to the shops to get some milk.
a clothes shop
Our local store has sold out of sugar for making jam.
boutique a small shop that sells fashionable clothes or other objects:
a little boutique which specializes in bath products.
superstore British English a very large shop, especially one that is built outside the centre of a city:
Out -of-town superstores have taken business away from shops in the city centre.
department store a very large shop that is divided into several big parts, each of which sells one type of thing, such as clothes, furniture, or kitchen equipment:
He went around all the big department stores in Oxford Street.
supermarket (also grocery store American English) a very large shop that sells food, drinks, and things that people need regularly in their homes:
Supermarkets have cut down the number of plastic bags they distribute by 50%.
salon a shop where you can get your hair washed, cut curled etc
garden centre British English, nursery especially American English a place that sells a wide range of plants, seeds, and things for your garden:
Your local garden centre can advise you on which plants to grow.
outlet formal a shop that sells things for less than the usual price, especially things from a particular company or things of a particular type:
The book is available from most retail outlets.
market an area, usually outdoors, where people buy and sell many different types of things:
I usually buy our vegetables at the market – they're much cheaper there.
mall especially American English a large area where there are a lot of shops, especially a large building:
A new restaurant has opened at the mall.
We used to hang around together at the mall.
strip mall American English a row of shops built together, with a large area for parking cars in front of it:
Strip malls can seem rather impersonal.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

market
ˈmɑ:kɪt
See: flea market , in the market for , on the market , play the market

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲