market
1. the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold (Freq. 12)
- without competition there would be no market
- they were driven from the marketplace
• Syn:
marketplace, market place
• Hypernyms:
activity
• Hyponyms:
black market, buyer's market, buyers' market, soft market, grey market,
grey market, seller's market, sellers' market, labor market, monopoly,
monopsony, oligopoly
• Part Meronyms:
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
2. the customers for a particular product or service (Freq. 9)
- before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it
• Hypernyms:
class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class
• Hyponyms:
black market
3. a marketplace where groceries are sold (Freq. 4)
- the grocery store included a meat market
• Syn:
grocery store, grocery, food market
• Hypernyms:
marketplace, market place, mart
• Hyponyms:
greengrocery, supermarket
• Part Meronyms:
shelf
4. the securities markets in the aggregate (Freq. 2)
- the market always frustrates the small investor
• Syn:
securities industry
• Hypernyms:
industry
• Hyponyms:
bear market, bull market, the City, Wall Street, the Street, money market
• Member Meronyms:
stock exchange, stock market, securities market, nondepository financial institution
5. an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
• Syn:
marketplace, market place, mart
• Hypernyms:
mercantile establishment, retail store, sales outlet, outlet
• Hyponyms:
agora, public square, bazaar, bazar, grocery store,
grocery, food market, open-air market, open-air marketplace, market square, slave market
1. engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of (Freq. 3)
- The company is marketing its new line of beauty products
• Derivationally related forms:
marketable, marketer
• Topics:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
• Hypernyms:
trade, merchandise
• Hyponyms:
offer
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. buy household supplies
- We go marketing every Saturday
• Topics:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
• Hypernyms:
shop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
3. deal in a market
• Derivationally related forms:
marketing
• Topics:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
• Hypernyms:
deal, sell, trade
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
4. make commercial
- Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life
• Syn:
commercialize, commercialise
• Derivationally related forms:
marketable, marketing, commercialisation (for: commercialise), commercialization (for: commercialize)
• Topics:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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