Meaning of emerging market | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A relatively less-developed country or other trading region undergoing significant growth in production, consumption, or foreign investment.
   also, attributive
2. New and increasing demand or consumer purchasing activity (for a product or service).
   often

Examples

“And while Brazil's Telebras and South Africa's Anglo American Corp. again rank among the world's top emerging-market groups, their market capitalizations are also down from last⟳ year.”

“Around 70% of world growth over the next few years will come⟳ from emerging markets, with China and India accounting for 40% of that growth.”

“It's been a long time since the farmers left the "farmhouses" of Delhi, but the word now describes the weekend retreats of the upper class, playgrounds on the fringes of this emerging-market city.”

“Government departments advised him to seek⟳ out new business in “emerging markets”, counsel he said was risible given the huge market on Britain’s doorstep.”

“[H]is members saw⟳ an emerging market for even more luxurious dwellings among those "who would rather pay⟳ for amenities instead of space."”

“One year ago, when AOL and Time Warner first proposed their merger, . . . there was talk⟳ of monopolistic muscle in the emerging markets for high-speed Internet service, instant messaging and interactive television.”

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