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Webster's English Dictionary

market

n. [Akin to D. markt, OHG. markt, merkt, G. markt; all fr.L. mercatus trade, market place, fr. mercari, p. p. mercatus, to trade, traffic, merx, mercis, ware, merchandise, prob. akin to merere to deserve, gain, acquire: cf. F. march. See Merit, and cf. Merchant, Mart.]1. A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of buying and selling (as cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week; a farmers' market. ()

He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares At wakes, and wassails, meetings, markets, fairs. (Shak.)

Three women and a goose make a market. (Old Saying.)

2. A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold. ()

There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool. (John v. 2.)

3. An opportunity for selling or buying anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods; there are none for sale on the market; the best price on the market. ()

There is a third thing to be considered: how a market can be created for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the market. (J. S. Mill.)

4. Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market. ()

5. The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth. ()

What is a man If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? (Shak.)

6. (Eng. Law) The privelege granted to a town of having a public market. ()

7. A specified group of potential buyers, or a region in which goods may be sold; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, the under-30 market; the New Jersey market. ()

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Market beater, a swaggering bully; a noisy braggart. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Market bell, a bell rung to give notice that buying and selling in a market may begin. [Eng.] Shak. -- Market cross, a cross set up where a market is held. Shak. -- Market garden, a garden in which vegetables are raised for market. -- Market gardening, the raising of vegetables for market. -- Market place, an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held. -- Market town, a town that has the privilege of a stated public market. ()

v. i. To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods. ()

v. t. To expose for sale in a market; to traffic in; to sell in a market, and in an extended sense, to sell in any manner; as, most of the farmes have marketed their crops. ()

Industrious merchants meet, and market there The world's collected wealth. (Southey.)