a place, often outdoors, where people come together to buy and sell food, goods, or animals
On Saturday morning, we walked down to the open-air market to buy fresh vegetables.
Stalls at the market were piled high with colorful spices.
✦ Old English “mearcæt”, from Latin “mercatus” meaning ‘trade, marketplace’, related to “merx” ‘goods’
the activity or system of buying and selling goods or services, often shown by prices and demand
Prices rise when the housing market is strong.
The coffee market has been volatile this year.
a group of people or area that a company hopes will buy its products
Teenagers are an important market for video games.
The company hopes to enter the Asian market next year.
to promote and sell a product or service by presenting it to possible buyers
They plan to market the new phone to college students.
The farmer learned to market his cheese online.
present participle of market: actively promoting or selling a product or service
The startup is marketing its new app directly to teenagers on social media.
He spends every weekend marketing fresh vegetables at the local farmers' market.
✦ Formed from the verb “market” + present participle suffix “-ing.”
