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• a fruit/flower/antiques market
• an indoor/a street market
• market stalls/traders
• we buy our fruit and vegetables at the market.

market

1. an occasion when people buy and sell goods; the open area or building where they meet to do this
• see also farmers’ market
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/farmers-market
• a fruit/flower/antiques market
• an indoor/a street market
• market stalls/traders
• We buy our fruit and vegetables at the market.
• Thursday is market day.
• a market town (= a town in Britain where a regular market is or was held)
2. business or trade, or the amount of trade in a particular type of goods
• the world market in coffee
• They have increased their share of the market by 10%.
• the property/job market (= the number and type of houses, jobs, etc. that are available)
• They have cornered the market in sportswear (= sell the most).
3. a particular area, country or section of the population that might buy goods
• the Japanese market
• the global/domestic market
4. the number of people who want to buy something
• synonym demand
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/demand_1
• a growing/declining market for second-hand cars
• There's not much of a market for black and white televisions nowadays.
5. people who buy and sell goods in competition with each other
• see also black market
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/black-market
• The market will decide if the TV station has any future.
• a market-based/market-driven/market-led economy
• innovative products at the forefront of market trends
• = stock market
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/stock-market
• the futures market
• a market crash
6. a situation in which there is a lot of a particular item for sale, so that prices are low and people buying have a choice
7. interested in buying something
• See related entries: Buying a home
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/buying_a_home/market_3
• I'm not in the market for a new car at the moment.
8. available for people to buy
• to put your house on the market
• The house came on the market last year.
• There are hundreds of different brands on the market.
9. available to buy without any restrictions
10. to buy and sell stocks and shares in order to make a profit
11. to charge such a high price for your goods, services, etc. that nobody wants to buy them
12. a situation in which people selling something have an advantage, because there is not a lot of a particular item for sale, and prices can be kept high
• In a seller’s market, demand exceeds supply, and prices are high.

Extra Examples

• A relatively small group of collectors drives the art market.
• Both products are targeting the same market.
• Emerging markets in Asia and Latin America represent the best export opportunities for us.
• Giving away free toys is a popular way to tap the family market.
• Government attempts to manipulate currency markets tend to backfire.
• He believes oil stocks will outperform the market over the next 12 months.
• He believes that regulating the market is a good thing.
• I want to buy some fresh fish at the market.
• Lenders have flooded the market with easy credit.
• Markets evolve in response to consumer demands.
• Organic product lines have expanded from serving a small niche market.
• Rising mortgage rates will price some people out of the market.
• She buys her vegetables from the local farmers’ market.
• Single professionals with no children are a lucrative market.
• Some services cannot be left to the market.
• The Chinese market has opened up recently.
• The company has created a niche market for itself.
• The disks are designed for professional applications, rather than the consumer market.
• The government embraced Anglo-American style market reforms.
• The market closed weaker.
• The market demand for greener housing is growing.
• The market is held on Wednesdays.
• The market was down 15 per cent.
• The markets reacted quickly to the negative publicity.
• The organic food market is growing at 10% a year.
• The young, health-conscious female consumer is our target market.
• Their books were geared to a mass market.
• There is not a broad commercial market for these prints.
• They seem to have identified a gap in the market.
• They took the pigs to market.
• They’re hoping to get into the Far Eastern market.
• We will charge whatever the market will bear.
• a thriving market in second-hand cars
• an investor who knows how to play the market—and win
• changes in the UK market
• flooding the market with cheap foreign goods
• one of the best car deals on the market
• the completion of the European single market in 1992
• the market for new cars
• to buy some fish at the market
• Every town here has its street market.
• It’s a busy market town.
• The jacket is designed for the Japanese market.
• The second-hand car market is declining.
• There has been a downturn in the property market.
• There’s not much of a market for black and white televisions nowadays.
• They have 20% of the world market in coffee.
• They produce innovative products at the forefront of market trends.
• They supply beef to the domestic market.
• Thursday is market day in Poitiers.
• We buy our fruit and vegetables at the market.
• We have increased our share of the market by 10%.
• We now have an unprotected, market-led economy.
• a flourishing black market in foreign currency
• a fruit market
• a market stall
• to buy/sell goods on the black market

Word Origin

• Middle English, via Anglo-Norman French from Latin mercatus, from mercari ‘buy’, from merx, merc- ‘merchandise’.