Market Definition
- mart
- market-place
- marketplace
- food market
- grocery
- grocery-store
- securities industry
- ready for purchase
- run
- supply-and-demand
- sale
- available
- salable
- need
- be willing to purchase
- Interested in buying:
We are in the market for a used car.
- Available for buying:
Many kinds of seasonal flowers are on the market.
- Up for sale:
They put the family business on the market.
- to be seeking to buy or obtain
- to be offered for sale
- to offer for sale
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Market
- in the market
- on the market
- be in the market for
- be on the market
- put on the market
Origin of Market
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From Middle English market, from Old English market (“market") and Old Northern French markiet (Old French marchié, modern marché); both ultimately from Latin mercātus (“trade, market"), from mercor (“I trade, deal in, buy"), itself derived from merx (“wares, merchandise"), from the Italic root *merk-, possibly stemming from Etruscan, referring to various aspects of economics. Cognate with Old Frisian merked (“market"), Old High German markat (“market"), Old Norse markaðr (“market").
From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old North French from Vulgar Latin marcātus from Latin mercātus from past participle of mercārī to buy from merx merc- merchandise
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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