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Meaning of market | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈmɑːkɪt

Definitions

  1. A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise, often periodic at a set time.
  2. A surname.
  3. A relatively spacious outdoor or covered site where traders set up stalls, either temporarily or permanently or semi-permanently, and buyers browse the merchandise.
  4. past participle of mercar
  5. Interested in buying: We are in the market for a used car.
  6. Any physical store selling groceries, such as a grocery store or convenience store.
  7. Any area of business where buyers and sellers are in contact with each other and where prices in one area affect prices in another area. A market need not be confined to a particular place, it could refer to an area of the economy, for example, the market for factory machinery or the market for foreign exchange.
  8. A group of potential or current customers for one's product.
  9. To offer for sale:deal (in), handle, merchandise, merchant, peddle, retail, sell, trade (in), vend.
  10. A geographical area or region where a certain commercial demand exists.
  11. to (attempt to) sell. I produce the goods and my brother markets them all over the world. bemark يَبيع، يُسَوِّق продава comercializar prodávat verkaufen markedsføre; sælge πουλώ, διοχετεύω στην αγορά vender turustama فروختن markkinoida vendre לְשָׁווֵק बाज़ार में क्रय-विक्रय करना, बाज़ार में वस्तुएं बेचना staviti na prodaju elad memasarkan setja á markað vendere 売る 팔다 (stengtis) parduoti tirgoties; pārdot memasarkan verhandelenmarkedsføre, forhandlesprzedawać پلورل comercializar a vinde прод...
  12. A formally organized, sometimes monopolistic, system of trading in specified goods or effects.
  13. wanted by the public and therefore able to be sold. a marketable product. bemarkbaar رائِج، مَطْلوب، مُمْكِن تَسْويقُه продаваем comerciável prodejný verkäuflich salgbar εμπορεύσιμος vendible minev قابل فروش markkinakelpoinen vendable יָכוֹל לְהִימָכֵר विक्रय, पण्य koji se lako prodaje eladható laku seljanlegur vendibile, commerciabile 市場向けの 잘 팔리는 perkamas, turintis paklausą pieprasīts laku verkoopbaarsalgbar, lettselgelig mający popyt د پلورلو وړ comerciável vandabil ходкий predajný prodajen...
  14. The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities.
  15. (the study of) the processes by which anything may be sold. He is in charge of marketing; (also adjective) marketing methods. bemarking تَسْويق، تَصْريف البَضائِع маркетинг marketing podpora prodeje, marketing(ový) das Marketing; Marketing-... markedsføring; markedsførings-; marketing; marketing- τεχνική προώθησης προϊόντων στην αγορά, μάρκετιγκmarketing turundus بازار یابی markkinointi marketingשיווק विपणन prodaja na tržištu marketing pemasaran markaðssetning marketing マーケッティング 시장에서의 매매 rink...
    also adjective
  16. The price for which a thing is sold in a market; hence, value or worth; market value.
  17. a garden where fruit and vegetables are grown for sale. marktuin مَزْرَعَة خُضْراوات لِتَزويد السّوق المَحَلِيَّه овощни градини horta zelinářství die Handelsgärtnerei handelsgartneri περιβόλιhuerta aiand میدان بار kauppapuutarha jardin maraîcher מֶשֶק יְרָקוֹת बाग जहां बाजार में बेचने के लिए सब्जियां उगाई जाती हैं plantaža piacra termelő kertészet kebun buah dan sayuran untuk dijual garðyrkjubú mercato ortofrutticolo 市場向け野菜栽培場 시장 판매용 야채 재배원 daržininkystės/sodininkystės ūkis dārzniecība (tirg...
  18. the open space or square in a town in which a market is held. mark مَكان السّوق، ساحَة السّوق битак praça tržiště der Marktplatz markedsplads αγορά plaza del mercado turuplats منطقه فروش باز کردن tori marchéשוק चौक tržnica piactér pasar markaður piazza del mercato 市の開かれる広場 장터 turgavietė, prekyvietė tirgus laukums tapak pasar marktpleinmarkedsplass, torgplac targowy د خرڅلاو مركز praça базарная/рыночная площадь trhovisko tržnica pijačni trg torg, marknadsplats ตลาดนัด Pazar (yeri) 市集廣場 базарна...
  19. the price at which a thing is being sold at a particular time. What's the current market price of gold? markprys سِعْر السّوق пазарна цена preço de mercado tržní cena; hodnota das Marktpreis, der Kurs markedspris τιμή αγοράς precio de mercado turuhind قیمت بازار markkinahinta prix du marché; valeur marchande מְחִיר הַשׁוּק बाजार भाव tržišna cijena / vrijednost piaci ár harga pasaran markaðsverð prezzo/valore di mercato 市場価格 시장 가격 rinkos kaina tirgus cena harga pasaran marktprijs markedsverdi/...
  20. investigation of the habits and preferences of the public in choosing what goods to buy. She does market research for a cosmetics firm. marknavorsing بَحْث السّوق: بَحث في رَغبات الجُمهور الشرائيَّه пазарно проучване pesquisa de mercado průzkum trhu die Marktforschung markedsundersøgelse έρευνα αγοράςestudio de mercado turu-uuringud تحقیقات در خصوص بازار markkinatutkimus étude de marché חֶקֶר שׁווָקִים विपणन शोध ispitivanje tržišta piackutatás penelitian pasar markaðskönnun ricerca di mercato...

Equivalents

Afrikaans mark
አማርኛ ሱቅ ገበያ
العربية السوق سوق
Azərbaycanca bazar
Беларуская базар ры́нак
বাংলা বাজার
བོད་སྐད ཁྲོམ
Català mercat
Čeština nabízet trh tržiště tržní tržnice
Deutsch Markt Markt- Marktplatz vermarkten
Esperanto merkato vendejo
Eesti turg
Euskara azoka merkatu
Gaeilge margadh
Gàidhlig fèill margadh margaid
ગુજરાતી બજાર હાટ
Hausa kasuwa
עברית שוק
Magyar piac vevőkör
Հայերեն շուկա
Bahasa Indonesia memasarkan pasar
Íslenska markaður
Italiano mercato
ქართული ბაზარი
Қазақша нарық
ខ្មែរ ផ្សារ អាបណ
한국어 마켓 시장
Kurdî bazar forûm mark pêkan plaza torî
Кыргызча базар
Latina forum mercātus
Lëtzebuergesch Maart
ລາວ ຕະຫຼາດ
Latviešu tirgus
Malagasy tsena
മലയാളം അങ്ങാടി ചന്ത
Монгол зах
मराठी बाजार
Bahasa Melayu memasarkan pasar pasaran pekan
Malti suq
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဈေး
नेपाली बजार
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ବଜାର
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬਜ਼ਾਰ
Polski bazar rynek targ targowisko
Română piață târg
سنڌي بزار
Slovenčina trh tržnica
Slovenščina trg
Shqip treg
Svenska marknad
Kiswahili soko
தமிழ் சந்தை
తెలుగు బజారు
Тоҷикӣ бозор
ไทย ตลาด
ትግርኛ ሹቕ ዕዳጋ
Tagalog kabanata
ئۇيغۇرچە بازار
Українська базар ри́нок
Tiếng Việt chợ thị trường

Examples

“The right to hold a weekly market was an invaluable privilege not given to all towns in the Middle Ages.”
“There's a market every Thursday and Saturday in the town square.”
“The market is a process, actuated by the interplay of the actions of the various individuals cooperating under the division of labor.”
“This site on North Street used to be the market, until it was redeveloped.”
“‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘[…] They tell me there was a recognized swag market down here.’”
“The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.”
“Stop by the market on your way home and pick up some milk.”
“Mixes [such as cake mixes, pancake mixes, or sauce mixes] are sometimes a reasonable alternative and sometimes not. […] Pancake mixes often offer no advantages at all. Nonetheless, there are times when you would be foolish not to use a mix. Perhaps a domestic emergency occurs. Perhaps cupcakes must be brought to school tomorrow morning, but when you stop at the market on your way home from work, you cannot remember whether you have baking powder, cream of tartar, baking soda, nutmeg, cake flour, chocolate, or vanilla on your shelf, or you want to go through the “five items or fewer” line. So you buy the mix. Only a glutton for punishment would do otherwise.”
“We believe that the market for the new widget will be the older homeowner.”
“Senior citizens are our core market at present, and we can't afford to alienate them as we explore other markets.”
“There is a third thing to be considered: how a market can be created for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the market.”
“Foreign markets were lost as our currency rose versus their valuta.”
“The stock market ceased to be monopolized by the paper-shuffling national stock exchanges with the advent of Internet markets.”
“As they were approaching bankruptcy from being knocked out of the calculator market, they began development on the first commercially available microcomputer, the Altair.”
“If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.”
“Q: What's the market on such a thing, nowadays? A: Oh, no less than forty, I should reckon.”
“What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed?”

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