NOUN | act | market, marketplace, market place | the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold |
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group | market | the customers for a particular product or service | |
artifact | market, grocery store, grocery, food market | a marketplace where groceries are sold | |
group | market, securities industry | the securities markets in the aggregate | |
artifact | market, marketplace, market place, mart | an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up | |
VERB | possession | market | engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of |
possession | market | buy household supplies | |
possession | market | deal in a market | |
change | market, commercialize, commercialise | make commercial |
Sounds | maa'rkaht; maa'rkiht | |
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Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht... |
Meaning | The world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold. | |
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Synonyms | marketplace, market place | |
Parts | commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business | The activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects |
Narrower | black market | An illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls |
buyer's market, buyers' market, soft market | A market in which more people want to sell than want to buy | |
grey market, gray market | An unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency | |
labor market | The market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers | |
monopoly | (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller | |
monopsony | (economics) a market in which goods or services are offered by several sellers but there is only one buyer | |
oligopoly | (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices / prices and affect competitors | |
seller's market, sellers' market | A market in which more people want to buy than want to sell | |
Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
Spanish | mercado | |
Catalan | mercat | |
Verbs | market | make commercial |
market | engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of |
Meaning | The customers for a particular product or service. | |
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Example | "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it" | |
Narrower | black market | People who engage in illicit trade |
Broader | class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class | People having the same social, economic, or educational status |
Spanish | mercado | |
Catalan | mercat | |
Verbs | market | engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of |
Meaning | A marketplace where groceries are sold. | |
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Example | "the grocery store included a meat market" | |
Synonyms | grocery store, grocery, food market | |
Parts | shelf | A support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects |
Narrower | greengrocery | A greengrocer's grocery store |
supermarket | A large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods | |
Broader | marketplace, market place, mart, market | An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up |
Spanish | abacería, abasto, colmado, mercado, supermercado, ultramarinos | |
Verbs | market | deal in a market |
market | buy household supplies |
Meaning | The securities markets in the aggregate. | |
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Example | "the market always frustrates the small investor" | |
Synonym | securities industry | |
Members | nondepository financial institution | A financial institution that funds their investment activities from the sale of securities or insurance |
stock exchange, stock market, securities market | An exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers | |
Narrower | Wall Street, the Street | Used to allude to the securities industry of the United States |
bear market | A market characterized by falling prices / prices for securities | |
bull market | A market characterized by rising prices / prices for securities | |
money market | A market for short-term debt instruments | |
the City | Used to allude to the securities industry of Great Britain | |
Broader | industry | The people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise |
Spanish | mercado bursátil, mercado de valores, mercado | |
Catalan | mercat borsari |
Meaning | An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up. | |
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Synonyms | marketplace, market place, mart | |
Narrower | agora, public square | A place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece |
agora | The marketplace in ancient Greece | |
bazaar, bazar | A street of small shops / shops (especially in Orient) | |
grocery store, grocery, food market, market | A marketplace where groceries are sold | |
open-air market, open-air marketplace, market square | A public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold | |
slave market | A marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War) | |
Broader | mercantile establishment, retail store, sales outlet, outlet | A place of business for retailing goods |
Spanish | mercado, plaza de mercado | |
Catalan | empori |
Meaning | Engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products" | |
Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
Narrower | offer | make available for sale |
Broader | trade, merchandise | Engage in the trade of |
Spanish | comercializar, vender | |
Catalan | posar a la venda, vendre | |
Adjectives | marketable | capable of being marketed |
marketable | fit to be offered for sale | |
Nouns | market | the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold |
market | the customers for a particular product or service | |
marketer | someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money |
Meaning | buy household supplies. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Example | "We go marketing every Saturday" | |
Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
Broader | shop | Do one's shopping / shopping |
Nouns | market | a marketplace where groceries are sold |
Meaning | Deal in a market. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
Broader | deal, sell, trade | do business |
Spanish | mercadear | |
Catalan | mercadejar | |
Nouns | market | a marketplace where groceries are sold |
marketing | the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money | |
marketing | shopping at a market |
Meaning | make commercial. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | commercialize, commercialise | |
Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Spanish | comercializar | |
Catalan | comercialitzar | |
Adjectives | marketable | capable of being marketed |
marketable | being in demand by especially employers | |
marketable | fit to be offered for sale | |
Nouns | market | the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold |
marketing | the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service |
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