Market | Mean of market in English Dictionary

/ˈmɑɚkət/

• Noun
• a place where products are bought and sold
1. a fish/meat/produce market
2. a street market
3. a country market
• a store where foods and often household items are sold
1. I stopped at the market on the way home for some juice.
• an area (such as a country or part of a country) where a product or service can be sold
1. They are trying to develop foreign markets for American cotton.
2. The company sells mainly to the Southern market.
3. New markets are opening up all over the world.

• a particular type of people who might buy something
1. Advertisers are trying to appeal to the youth market.
2. targeting a more mature market
3. a reference work for the educational market
• the amount of need and desire that people have for a product or service
1. There is a good/growing market for new homes. [=there are many people who want to buy new homes]
2. There is currently a poor/declining market for used cars.
3. They found a ready market for their products. [=they easily found many people who wanted to buy their products]
• the available supply of workers or jobs
1. the labor market [=the number of workers who are available to be hired]
2. the job market [=the number of jobs that are available for workers]
• the economic activity of buying and selling that causes prices to become higher or lower
1. He believes that housing prices should be determined by the market without government interference.
2. a market-driven industry/economy
• the activity of buyers and sellers of a particular product
1. It's not clear how these changes may affect the software market.
• looking for something in particular
1. He hasn't found a new job yet, but he is still in the market. [=he is still looking for a new job]
2. She is in the market for a new house. [=she is looking for a new house to buy]
3. She's in the market for a husband.
• available to be bought
1. Their house is still on the market.
2. The land just came on the (open) market last week.
3. The software will be on the market next month.
4. They've decided to put their house on the market. [=they've decided to sell their house]
• Verb
• to do things that cause people to know about and want to buy (something)
1. The company has spent millions marketing the latest version of its software.
2. These products are being aggressively marketed to teenagers through television ads.
• to offer (something) for sale in a market
1. He markets his wares at craft shows.