Market meaning

What does “market” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“market” is a noun and verb with 9 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold.

market

noun

  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”

  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”

  4. the securities markets in the aggregate

    “the market always frustrates the small investor”

  5. an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up

verb

  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”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University