market

Noun
  1. The world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold (synset 101099197)
    "without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace"
    is a type of: activity - any specific behavior
    subtypes:
    • 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
    • gray market, grey market - an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency
    • seller's market, sellers' market - a market in which more people want to buy than want to sell
    • 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 and affect competitors
    has: business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
    same as: market place, marketplace
  2. The customers for a particular product or service (synset 108441908)
    "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it"
    is a type of: class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum - people having the same social, economic, or educational status
    subtypes: black market - people who engage in illicit trade
  3. A marketplace where groceries are sold (synset 103466317)
    "the grocery store included a meat market"
    is a type of: market, market place, marketplace, mart - an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
    subtypes:
    • greengrocery - a greengrocer's grocery store
    • supermarket - a large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods
    has: shelf - a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
    same as: food market, grocery, grocery store
  4. The securities markets in the aggregate (synset 108089673)
    "the market always frustrates the small investor"
    is a type of: industry - the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
    subtypes:
    • bear market - a market characterized by falling prices for securities
    • bull market - a market characterized by rising prices for securities
    • the city - used to allude to the securities industry of Great Britain
    • the street, wall street - used to allude to the securities industry of the United States
    • money market - a market for short-term debt instruments
    member holonym:
    same as: securities industry
  5. An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up (synset 103727779)
    is a type of: mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goods
    subtypes:
    same as: market place, marketplace, mart
Verb
  1. Engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of (synset 202303121)
    "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products"
    referred to in: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
    is a type of: merchandise, trade - engage in the trade of
    subtypes: offer - make available for sale
  2. Buy household supplies (synset 202331194)
    "We go marketing every Saturday"
    referred to in: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
    is a type of: shop - do one's shopping
  3. Deal in a market (synset 202303432)
    referred to in: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
    is a type of: deal, sell, trade - do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
  4. Make commercial (synset 200471317)
    "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life"
    referred to in: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    same as: commercialise, commercialize

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