0 the people who might want to buy something, or a part of the world where something is sold: --
The pictures would sell for half a million on the open market (= if offered for sale without a fixed price).
This is one of the best televisions on the market.
We put our house on the market as soon as house prices started to rise.
Thanks for the offer, but I'm not in the market for another car right now.
the housing market
the job market
the stock market
the commodities market
the economic market
the coffee market
They've increased their share of the market by ten percent over the past year.
The domestic market is still depressed, but demand abroad is picking up.
We estimate the potential market for the new phones to be around one million people in this country alone.
1 a place or event at which people meet in order to buy and sell things: --
Visit the area on market day for a glimpse of the real Paris.
a craft market
The flower market is a big tourist attraction.
Fruit and vegetables are much fresher from/at the market than in the supermarket.
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: --
4 an open area, building, or event at which people gather to buy and sell goods or food --
Moreover, there is a clear lack of quantitative reconstructions of land markets in different regions.
Early modern commodity markets were often specialized according to the type of commodity sold.
When the markets are reopened, it is likely that speculation will resume vigorously.
Moreover, countries at a disadvantage did not face the same open capital markets and trade opportunities to allow compensatory adjustment.
Many inefficient companies had to close and the sector returned to the exploration of international markets.
In the interwar period, industry tried to carve up markets in a time of depressed demand.
In highly centralised markets, the same outcome could be achieved through a single decision to adjust wages.
They insisted that the reserves of the system must be large enough to impress the markets.
