market

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
market/ˈmɑːkɪt/

▶noun

• 1 a regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other commodities.

  ■ an open space or covered building where vendors convene to sell their goods.

• 2 an area or arena in which commercial dealings are conducted: the labour market.

• 3 a demand for a particular commodity or service.

  ■ [often as modifier] the free market; the operation of supply and demand: market forces.

• 4 a stock market.

▶verb (markets, marketing, marketed)

• 1 advertise or promote.

• 2 offer for sale.

• 3 US go shopping for provisions.

– phrases
be in the market for wish to buy.
make a market Finance take part in active dealing in shares or other assets.
on the market available for sale.

– derivatives
marketer noun.

– origin ME, via Anglo-Norman Fr. from L. mercatus, from mercari ‘buy’ (see also merchant).