Meaning of market In English

• 0 the people who might want to buy something, or a part of the world where something is sold:

  • Are you sure there's a market for the product?

  • We estimate the potential market for the new phones to be around one million people in this country alone.

  • The domestic market is still depressed, but demand abroad is picking up.

  • They've increased their share of the market by ten percent over the past year.

  • the coffee market

  • the economic market

  • the commodities market

  • the stock market

  • the job market

  • the housing market

  • Thanks for the offer, but I'm not in the market for another car right now.

  • We put our house on the market as soon as house prices started to rise.

  • This is one of the best televisions on the market.

  • The pictures would sell for half a million on the open market (= if offered for sale without a fixed price).

• 1 a place or event at which people meet in order to buy and sell things:

  • Fruit and vegetables are much fresher from/at the market than in the supermarket.

  • She runs a stall at the farmer's market.

  • The flower market is a big tourist attraction.

  • a craft market

  • Visit the area on market day for a glimpse of the real Paris.

• 2 a shop that sells mainly food

• 3 to make goods available to buyers in a planned way that encourages people to buy more of them, for example by advertising:

  • Their products are very cleverly marketed.

• 4 an open area, building, or event at which people gather to buy and sell goods or food

• 5 the demand for products or services:

  • Are you sure there’s a market for something like this?

  • the teenage/adult market

  • domestic/foreign markets

  • the job/housing market

• 6 to advertise and offer goods for sale:

  • It’s a product that will sell if we can find the right way to market it.

• 7 the business or activity of buying and selling a particular product or service:

  • the car/coffee/telecoms, etc. market The telecoms market is evolving rapidly.

  • the market in/for sth The battle for control of the London Stock Exchange aims to create a truly global market in shares.

  • We need to increase our share of the market.

  • Difficult market conditions contributed to a 9% decline in first-half profits.

  • the US/local/world market The company claims to hold half of the US market by volume.

  • booming/competitive/buoyant markets

  • depressed/falling/weak markets

  • to break into/capture/enter the market

• 8 a part of the world where something is or might be sold, or a particular group of people who buy or might buy something:

  • The emerging market where we see perhaps our strongest opportunity is China.

  • create/find/open up a market The consoles are sold at the lowest possible price to create a market for profitable games.

  • break into/enter/penetrate a market They've wanted to break into the market in Asia for some time.

  • develop/expand/pursue markets We give the highest importance to expanding markets for existing products.

  • a changing/growing/expanding market Time-share companies have adapted their sales packages to a changing market.

  • an export/international/overseas market

  • the corporate/teenage/youth market

  • market information/assessment

• 9 demand for a product or service, or the number of possible buyers for it:

  • a market for sth Is there still a market for fax machines since the advent of email?

  • the domestic/global/world market The domestic market is still depressed.

  • a big/large/growing market The subsidies created a big market for wind-turbine manufacturers in Europe.

• 10 an economic system in which prices, salaries, employment, etc. are decided by how much people want and will pay for goods and services:

  • His policy on pricing was to let the market decide.

• 11 the activity of buying and selling shares, bonds, commodities (= products that can be traded), currencies, etc., or a place where this is done:

  • Some investors gain unfair advantage by changing orders after markets have closed.

  • If the market rises by 20% over the year, it means that the firm's income rises automatically by the same amount.

  • Asian markets made strong gains overnight.

  • on a/the market On the Chicago market, a bushel of wheat fell to 262.50 cents from 271.75 cents.

  • trading on foreign markets

• 12 a place or event at which people meet in order to buy and sell things:

  • a covered/an outdoor/a street market

  • a market stall/trader

• 13 a store that sells mainly food:

  • Can you stop at the market to buy some milk?

• 14 to be first, etc. to have a product ready for sale:

  • For some companies, being first to market is often more important than having the best product.

• 15 to arrive at the point where a product is ready to be sold:

  • If all goes well, the company hopes to bring the product to market in about two years.

• 16 to offer a new product for sale for the first time, or to be offered for sale for the first time:

  • The big food processing company tests ingredients like cooking oil before they go to market.

  • The company came to market in July, hitting a closing peak of 247p this week.

  • We expect the company to be valued at about £80m when the shares come to market on May 22.

• 17 to be more successful than any other company at selling a particular type of product:

  • They have cornered the market in cheap flights.

• 18 if a product gets to market, it is ready to be sold:

  • Better drugs can always get to market, ensuring patients access to the best medicine.

• 19 interested in buying something:

  • Consumers in the market for a new car may turn to more fuel-efficient options.

• 20 to deal in shares, bonds, etc. (= buy and sell them for others), so that buyers do not have to find sellers directly:

  • Most of the main dealing banks will make markets only with real investors, not traders.

• 21 available to be bought:

  • They put their house on the market, but it hasn't sold.

  • This is the best mortgage rate available on the market at the present time.

  • The number of properties coming onto the market also remained little changed.

• 22 to risk money buying and selling shares, etc.:

  • He had an instinct for finance, subscribed to the Wall Street Journal, and played the market.

• 23 to charge so much for a product or service that nobody wants or is able to buy it:

  • There are concerns that London is pricing itself out of the market as a European business base.

  • Sharp rises in house prices in recent years are increasingly pricing many people out of the market.

• 24 to offer products for sale to buyers:

  • The two companies have formed a partnership to jointly market the range of drugs.

• 25 to encourage people to buy more of a particular product, for example by advertising:

  • market sth as sth Food marketed as lower fat has been proved to lull us into a false sense of security.

  • market sth to sb The tobacco companies say they do not market their products to children.

  • The company has to modernize how it markets its chocolate, taking into account parent concerns about obesity and high-sugar snacks.