1. (noun) market, marketplace, market place
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. (noun) market
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. (noun) grocery store, grocery, food market, market
a marketplace where groceries are sold
"the grocery store included a meat market"
4. (noun) market, securities industry
the securities markets in the aggregate
"the market always frustrates the small investor"
5. (verb) marketplace, market place, mart, market
an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
6. (verb) market
engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of
"The company is marketing its new line of beauty products"
7. (verb) market
buy household supplies
"We go marketing every Saturday"
8. (verb) market
deal in a market
9. (verb) commercialize, commercialise, market
make commercial
"Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life"
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Definition of 'market' 
