Marketing

[mahr-ki-ting] /ˈmɑr kɪ tɪŋ/

noun
1.
the act of buying or selling in a .
2.
the total of activities involved in the transfer of goods from the producer or seller to the consumer or buyer, including advertising, shipping, storing, and selling.
[mahr-kit] /ˈmɑr kɪt/
noun
1.
an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a :
a farmers’ market.
2.
a store for the sale of food:
a meat market.
3.
a meeting of people for selling and buying.
4.
the assemblage of people at such a meeting.
5.
trade or traffic, especially as regards a particular commodity:
the market in cotton.
6.
a body of persons carrying on extensive transactions in a specified commodity:
the cotton market.
7.
the field of trade or business:
the best shoes in the market.
8.
demand for a commodity:
an unprecedented market for leather.
9.
a body of existing or potential buyers for specific goods or services:
the health-food market.
10.
a region in which goods and services are bought, sold, or used:
the foreign market; the New England market.
11.
current price or value:
a rising market for shoes.
12.
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verb (used without object)
13.
to buy or sell in a market; deal.
14.
to buy food and provisions for the home.
verb (used with object)
15.
to carry or send to market for disposal:
to market produce every week.
16.
to dispose of in a market; sell.
Idioms
17.
at the market, at the prevailing price in the open market.
18.
in the market for, ready to buy; interested in buying:
I’m in the market for a new car.
19.
on the market, for sale; available:
Fresh asparagus will be on the market this week.
/ˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ/
noun
1.
the provision of goods or services to meet customer or consumer needs
/ˈmɑːkɪt/
noun
1.

2.
a place, such as an open space in a town, at which a market is held
3.
a shop that sells a particular merchandise: an antique market
4.
the market, business or trade in a commodity as specified: the sugar market
5.
the trading or selling opportunities provided by a particular group of people: the foreign market
6.
demand for a particular product or commodity: there is no market for furs here
7.
See stock market
8.
See market price, market value
9.
at market, at the current price
10.
be in the market for, to wish to buy or acquire
11.
on the market, available for purchase
12.
play the market

13.
buyer’s market, a market characterized by excess supply and thus favourable to buyers
14.
seller’s market, a market characterized by excess demand and thus favourable to sellers
verb -kets, -keting, -keted
15.
(transitive) to offer or produce for sale
16.
(intransitive) to buy or deal in a market
n.

1560s, “buying and selling,” verbal noun from market (v.). Meaning “produce bought at a market” is from 1701. The business sense, “process of moving goods from producer to consumer with emphasis on advertising and sales,” is attested by 1897.
n.

early 12c., “a meeting at a fixed time for buying and selling livestock and provisions,” from Old North French market “marketplace, trade, commerce” (Old French marchiet, Modern French marché), from Latin mercatus “trading, buying and selling, trade, market” (source of Italian mercato, Spanish mercado, Dutch markt, German Markt), from past participle of mercari “to trade, deal in, buy,” from merx (genitive mercis) “wares, merchandise,” from Italic root *merk-, possibly from Etruscan, referring to various aspects of economics. Meaning “public building or space where markets are held” first attested mid-13c. Sense of “sales, as controlled by supply and demand” is from 1680s. Market value (1690s) first attested in writings of John Locke. Market economy is from 1948; market research is from 1921.
v.

1630s, from market (n.). Related: Marketed; marketing.

Related Terms

gray market, meat market, slave market
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