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See also: Market, märket, and Märket

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English market, from late Old English market (“market”) and Anglo-Norman markiet (Old French marchié); all ultimately from Latin mercātus (“trade, market”), from mercor (“to trade, deal in, buy”), itself derived from merx (“wares, merchandise”). Doublet of mart. Cognate with West Frisian merk (“market”), Dutch markt, German Markt, Danish and Norwegian marked (“market”), Faroese and Icelandic markaður (“market”), Swedish marknad (“market”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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market (plural markets)

  2. A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise, often periodic at a set time.
    Synonyms: mart, fair
    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.
    • 1949, Ludwig Von Mises, Human Action:
      The market is a process, actuated by the interplay of the actions of the various individuals cooperating under the division of labor.
  4. A relatively spacious outdoor or covered site where traders set up stalls, either temporarily or permanently or semi-permanently, and buyers browse the merchandise.
    Synonyms: marketplace, bazaar, arcade
    This site on North Street used to be the market, until it was redeveloped.
  6. Any physical store selling groceries, such as a grocery store or convenience store.
    Hyponym: supermarket (large type)
    Stop by the market on your way home and pick up some milk.
    • 1999, Cheryl Mendelson, Home Comforts: The Art and Science of Keeping House, Scribner, →ISBN, pages 45-46:
      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.
  8. A group of potential or current customers for one's product.
    Synonym: sale
    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.
  10. A geographical area or region where a certain commercial demand exists.
    Foreign markets were lost as our currency rose versus their valuta.
  12. A formally organized, sometimes monopolistic, system of trading in specified goods or effects.
    Coordinate term: distribution channel (sometimes broadly synonymous)
    The stock market ceased to be monopolized by the paper-shuffling national stock exchanges with the advent of Internet markets.
    • 1980, InfoWorld, volume 2, number 20:
      As they were approaching bankruptcy from being knocked out of the calculator market, they began development on the first commercially available microcomputer, the Altair.
    • 2014 March 15, “Turn it off”, in The Economist‎[2], volume 410, number 8878, archived from the original on 16 March 2014:
      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.
    • 2026 June 18, Andrew Roth, Patrick Wintour, “Trump signs Iran peace plan, claiming deal averts ‘worldwide depression’”, in The Guardian‎[3], →ISSN:
      Defending the deal, Trump said no US president had ever been as tough on Iran as him, and “there is nothing as smart as the market – and the market loves it”.
  14. The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities.
  16. The price for which a thing is sold in a market; hence, value or worth; market value.
    Q: What's the market on such a thing, nowadays? A: Oh, no less than forty, I should reckon.

Derived terms

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Place names derived from market
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Descendants

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Translations

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Verb

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market (third-person singular simple present markets, present participle marketing, simple past and past participle marketed)

  1. (transitive) To make (products or services) available for sale and promote them.
    We plan to market an ecology model by next quarter.
  2. (transitive) To promote for or as if for sale.
    • 1994, Simcha Paull Raphael, Jewish Views of the Afterlife, page 364:
      However, the intention here is not to market any particular belief, but rather to catalyze people to think more about life after death and its meaning in the face of grief and loss.
  3. (transitive) To sell.
    We marketed more this quarter already than all last year!
  4. (intransitive) To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.
  5. (intransitive) To shop in a market; to attend a market.
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 201:
      We did a little shopping; but I cannot remember much of the town. It was Saturday night, and all Perth was marketing.

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Translations

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References

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑrket/, [ˈmɑ̝rk̟e̞t̪]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrket
  • Syllabification(key): mar‧ket
  • Hyphenation(key): mar‧ket

Noun

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market

  1. alternative form of marketti

Declension

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Inflection of market (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative market marketit
genitive marketin marketien
partitive marketia marketeja
illative marketiin marketeihin
singular plural
nominative market marketit
accusative nom. market marketit
gen. marketin
genitive marketin marketien
partitive marketia marketeja
inessive marketissa marketeissa
elative marketista marketeista
illative marketiin marketeihin
adessive marketilla marketeilla
ablative marketilta marketeilta
allative marketille marketeille
essive marketina marketeina
translative marketiksi marketeiksi
abessive marketitta marketeitta
instructive — marketein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of market (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative marketini marketini
accusative nom. marketini marketini
gen. marketini
genitive marketini marketieni
partitive marketiani marketejani
inessive marketissani marketeissani
elative marketistani marketeistani
illative marketiini marketeihini
adessive marketillani marketeillani
ablative marketiltani marketeiltani
allative marketilleni marketeilleni
essive marketinani marketeinani
translative marketikseni marketeikseni
abessive marketittani marketeittani
instructive — —
comitative — marketeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative marketisi marketisi
accusative nom. marketisi marketisi
gen. marketisi
genitive marketisi marketiesi
partitive marketiasi marketejasi
inessive marketissasi marketeissasi
elative marketistasi marketeistasi
illative marketiisi marketeihisi
adessive marketillasi marketeillasi
ablative marketiltasi marketeiltasi
allative marketillesi marketeillesi
essive marketinasi marketeinasi
translative marketiksesi marketeiksesi
abessive marketittasi marketeittasi
instructive — —
comitative — marketeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative marketimme marketimme
accusative nom. marketimme marketimme
gen. marketimme
genitive marketimme marketiemme
partitive marketiamme marketejamme
inessive marketissamme marketeissamme
elative marketistamme marketeistamme
illative marketiimme marketeihimme
adessive marketillamme marketeillamme
ablative marketiltamme marketeiltamme
allative marketillemme marketeillemme
essive marketinamme marketeinamme
translative marketiksemme marketeiksemme
abessive marketittamme marketeittamme
instructive — —
comitative — marketeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative marketinne marketinne
accusative nom. marketinne marketinne
gen. marketinne
genitive marketinne marketienne
partitive marketianne marketejanne
inessive marketissanne marketeissanne
elative marketistanne marketeistanne
illative marketiinne marketeihinne
adessive marketillanne marketeillanne
ablative marketiltanne marketeiltanne
allative marketillenne marketeillenne
essive marketinanne marketeinanne
translative marketiksenne marketeiksenne
abessive marketittanne marketeittanne
instructive — —
comitative — marketeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative marketinsa marketinsa
accusative nom. marketinsa marketinsa
gen. marketinsa
genitive marketinsa marketiensa
partitive marketiaan
marketiansa 		marketejaan
marketejansa
inessive marketissaan
marketissansa 		marketeissaan
marketeissansa
elative marketistaan
marketistansa 		marketeistaan
marketeistansa
illative marketiinsa marketeihinsa
adessive marketillaan
marketillansa 		marketeillaan
marketeillansa
ablative marketiltaan
marketiltansa 		marketeiltaan
marketeiltansa
allative marketilleen
marketillensa 		marketeilleen
marketeillensa
essive marketinaan
marketinansa 		marketeinaan
marketeinansa
translative marketikseen
marketiksensa 		marketeikseen
marketeiksensa
abessive marketittaan
marketittansa 		marketeittaan
marketeittansa
instructive — —
comitative — marketeineen
marketeinensa

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From late Old English market (“market”), from Old Northern French markiet (Old French marchié), Old Saxon markat, and/or Old Norse markaðr; all ultimately from Vulgar Latin marcātus, from classical Latin mercātus (“trade, market”).

Variants ending /t/ are from either Old Saxon or Old Picard, while those ending in /θ/ are from other varieties of Old Northern French (e.g. Walloon).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /marˈkeːt/, /ˈmarkat/, /ˈmarkɛt/
  • (ending in /θ/) IPA(key): /marˈkɛːθ/, /ˈmarkɛθ/

Noun

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market (plural marketes, dative singular markete)

  1. A market (periodic public assembly for buying or selling).[3]
  2. A marketplace; a square for holding markets.
  3. (rare) A market town; a town where markets are held.
  4. (rare) Trade, interchange, interaction.

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Derek Britton (July 1992), “The -th spellings of English market”, in Neophilologus, volume 76, →DOI, pages 446–451
  2. ^ Christian Liebl (July 1994), “Some critical comments on V. Kniezsa’s ‘The post-Conquest lexical elements in the Peterborough Chronicle’”, in VIEWS: Vienna English Working Papers‎[1], volume 3, number 1, Universität Wien, pages 35-44
  3. ^ “market, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Old High German marchat, from Proto-West Germanic *markat.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈmarkət/

    Noun

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    market m

    1. market

    Declension

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    Declension of market (strong masculine without umlaut)
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein dër market die markte
    genitive eines dës marktes dër markte
    dative eime dëm markte dën markten
    accusative einen dën market die markte

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    References

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    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “market”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
    • Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “market”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[5] (in German), 3rd edition

    Old English

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin mercātus.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈmɑr.ket/, [ˈmɑrˠ.ket]

    Noun

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    market n

    1. market

    Declension

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    Strong a-stem:

    singular plural
    nominative market market
    accusative market market
    genitive marketes marketa
    dative markete marketum

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    Old French

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    See marchié.

    Noun

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    market oblique singular, m (oblique plural markés, nominative singular markés, nominative plural market)

    1. (Old Norman) market; venue where goods are bought and sold

    Polish

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    Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English market, from Middle English market, from late Old English market and Anglo-Norman markiet, from Latin mercātus.

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    Noun

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    market m inan

    1. market (grocery store)

    Declension

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    Declension of market
    singular plural
    nominative market markety
    genitive marketu marketów
    dative marketowi marketom
    accusative market markety
    instrumental marketem marketami
    locative markecie marketach
    vocative markecie markety

    Further reading

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    • “market”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[6] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • “market”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[7] (in Polish)

    Turkish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English market.

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    Noun

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    market (definite accusative marketi, plural marketler)

    1. market

    Declension

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    Declension of market
    singular plural
    nominative market marketler
    definite accusative marketi marketleri
    dative markete marketlere
    locative markette marketlerde
    ablative marketten marketlerden
    genitive marketin marketlerin
    Possessive forms
    nominative
    singular plural
    1st singular marketim marketlerim
    2nd singular marketin marketlerin
    3rd singular marketi marketleri
    1st plural marketimiz marketlerimiz
    2nd plural marketiniz marketleriniz
    3rd plural marketleri marketleri
    definite accusative
    singular plural
    1st singular marketimi marketlerimi
    2nd singular marketini marketlerini
    3rd singular marketini marketlerini
    1st plural marketimizi marketlerimizi
    2nd plural marketinizi marketlerinizi
    3rd plural marketlerini marketlerini
    dative
    singular plural
    1st singular marketime marketlerime
    2nd singular marketine marketlerine
    3rd singular marketine marketlerine
    1st plural marketimize marketlerimize
    2nd plural marketinize marketlerinize
    3rd plural marketlerine marketlerine
    locative
    singular plural
    1st singular marketimde marketlerimde
    2nd singular marketinde marketlerinde
    3rd singular marketinde marketlerinde
    1st plural marketimizde marketlerimizde
    2nd plural marketinizde marketlerinizde
    3rd plural marketlerinde marketlerinde
    ablative
    singular plural
    1st singular marketimden marketlerimden
    2nd singular marketinden marketlerinden
    3rd singular marketinden marketlerinden
    1st plural marketimizden marketlerimizden
    2nd plural marketinizden marketlerinizden
    3rd plural marketlerinden marketlerinden
    genitive
    singular plural
    1st singular marketimin marketlerimin
    2nd singular marketinin marketlerinin
    3rd singular marketinin marketlerinin
    1st plural marketimizin marketlerimizin
    2nd plural marketinizin marketlerinizin
    3rd plural marketlerinin marketlerinin
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