Market - Definition
market
n 1: the world of commercial activity where goods and services
are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no
market"; "they were driven from the marketplace" [syn:
market, marketplace, market place]
2: the customers for a particular product or service; "before
they publish any book they try to determine the size of the
market for it"
3: a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store
included a meat market" [syn: grocery store, grocery,
food market, market]
4: the securities markets in the aggregate; "the market always
frustrates the small investor" [syn: market, securities
industry]
5: an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is
set up [syn: marketplace, market place, mart, market]
v 1: engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution
of; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty
products"
2: buy household supplies; "We go marketing every Saturday"
3: deal in a market
4: make commercial; "Some Amish people have commercialized their
way of life" [syn: commercialize, commercialise,
market]