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Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/�m��kɪt/, SAMPA|/"mA:kIt/
(General American|US) IPA|/�m�ɹkɪt/, SAMPA|/"mArkIt/
audio|en-us-market.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: mar·ket

Etymology
From Old North French market (OF. marchiet, F. marché), from L. mercatus "trade; market", derived from merx "merchandise". Related are merchant and Mercury (among other things the Roman god of commerce).

Noun
en-noun

1. City square or other place where traders set up stalls and buyers browse the merchandise.

#:The crowds at the market were quite noisy.
#:We're going to the market to get some fresh vegetables and fruits.

1. Place or network where trading takes place.

#:There was heavy trading of stock in the market today.
#:The market is a process, actuated by the interplay of the actions of the various individuals cooperating under the division of labor.
#:: Definition used by famous economist of the Austrian school, Ludwig Von Mises, in his book Human Action.

1. Group of customers that possibly want to buy one's product.

#:We believe that the market for the new widget is the older homeowner.

1. The sum total of trades in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities.

Translations
trans-top|market square
Danish: marked n, markedsplads c, torv n
Finnish: t+|fi|tori, t+|fi|kauppatori
German: t+|de|Markt|m
Greek: t+|el|αγο�ά|f|sc=Grek (agorá)
Hebrew: ש�ק (shuq) m
Hungarian: t+|hu|piac, t|hu|vásárcsarnok
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Japanese: JAchar|�場 (JAchar|���, ichiba)
Kurdish: t+|ku|bazar, t-|ku|بازار|sc=KUchar
Russian: t+|ru|��нок|m|trrýnok|scCyrl, t+|ru|база�|m|trbazár|scCyrl
Serbian: t-|sr|trg
Spanish: t+|es|plaza|f
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trans-top|place for trading in general
Czech: t+|cs|trh|m
Danish: t-|da|marked|n
Finnish: t+|fi|markkinat
German: t+|de|Markt|m
Hebrew: ש�ק (shuq) m
Hungarian: t|hu|t�zsde
trans-mid
Japanese: JAchar|�場 (JAchar|����, shij�)
Kurdish: t+|ku|bazar, t-|ku|بازار|sc=KUchar
Russian: ��нок (rýnok) m
Serbian: tržište, buvljak, trg
Spanish: t+|es|mercado|m
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trans-top|group of customers
Danish: t-|da|marked|n
Finnish: asiakaskunta
German: t+|de|Markt|m
Hebrew: ש�ק (shuq) m
trans-mid
Hungarian: t+|hu|piac, t|hu|vev�kör
Russian: ��нок (rýnok) m
Serbian: trgovac m, trgovnica f
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trans-top|total sum of trades
Czech: t+|cs|trh|m
Danish: t-|da|handel|c
Finnish: t+|fi|markkinat
German: t+|de|Markt|m
trans-mid
Japanese: JAchar|�場 (JAchar|����, shij�)
Russian: t+|ru|�о�говл�|f|trtorgóvl'a|scCyrl
Serbian: t+|sr|trgovina
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ttbc|Albanian: pazar m, treg m
ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|س�� (sūq)
ttbc|Breton: marc'had m -où p (1,2,3,4), koc'hu m (2)
ttbc|Catalan: mercat m
ttbc|Chinese: �場, ��, ��
ttbc|Croatian: trg m
ttbc|Dutch: markt m (1,2,3,4), marktplein n (1), beurs (3,5)
ttbc|French: marché m (1,2,3,4)
ttbc|Icelandic: markaður m
ttbc|Indonesian: pasar (1,2,3,4)
ttbc|Interlingua: mercato
ttbc|Irish: margadh m
ttbc|Italian: mercato m
ttbc|Kannada: Marukatte, Maruva - Selling, katte - place to sit
ttbc|Korean: �� (�場, sijang)
ttbc|Latin: macellum n, forum n
ttbc|Malayalam: �ന�ത (chantha), ����ാ�ി (angaati)
ttbc|Norwegian: marked n (1,2,3,4), torv n
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ttbc|Old High German: marchat m
ttbc|Polish: targowisko n
ttbc|Portuguese: mercado m
ttbc|Romanian: târg f and m, piaţ� f
ttbc|Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ��г m
:Latin: trg m
ttbc|Slovak: trh m
ttbc|Spanish: mercado m
ttbc|Swahili: soko
ttbc|Swedish: torg n
ttbc|Tajik: бозо� (bozor)
ttbc|Telugu: ���డి (amgaDi) (1, 2), స�త (samta) (1, 2), విఫణి (viphaNi) (3)
ttbc|Tetum: merkadu, basar
ttbc|Turkish: çar�ı
ttbc|Ukrainian: база� m
ttbc|Vietnamese: chợ
ttbc|Volapük: maket
ttbc|Welsh: marchnad f
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Related terms
rel-top|related terms
currency market
drug on the market
farmers market
financial market
housing market
marketing
rel-mid
market economy
market garden
marketplace
market research
mini market
on the market
open market
stock market
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Verb
en-verb

1. transitive Making products available for sale and promoting them.

#:We plan to market it by next quarter.

Translations
trans-top|making products available and promoting them
Danish: markedsføre
Finnish: t-|fi|markkinoida
French: t+|fr|commercialiser
German: vermarkten
Indonesian: t+|id|pasar|altmemasarkan|xsIndonesian
Interlingua: poner a mercato
Spanish: poner al mercado
Volapük: maketön
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Related terms
marketer
marketing campaign

Adjective
market (no compar or superl)

1. With relation to the market.

#:We waited to hear the latest market results.

Translations
trans-top|relating to the market
Danish: markeds-
Dutch: markt-
Finnish: markkina-
French: du marché
German: Markt-
Interlingua: del mercato
trans-mid
Portuguese: de mercado
Russian: ��но�н�й (rýno�nyj)
Spanish: del mercado
Volapük: maketik
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• 2007-12-27 13:41 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for fi, ru, sr, fr

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