1. (

• market ,
• marketplace ,
• market_place

) the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace" ;

2. (

• market

) the customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it" ;

3. (

• grocery_store ,
• grocery ,
• food_market ,
• market

) a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market" ;

4. (

• market ,
• securities_industry

) the securities markets in the aggregate; "the market always frustrates the small investor" ;

5. (

• marketplace ,
• market_place ,
• mart ,
• market ,

) an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up ;

1. (

• market

) engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products" ;

2. (

• market ,

) buy household supplies; "We go marketing every Saturday" ;

3. (

• market ,

) deal in a market ;

4. (

• commercialize ,
• commercialise ,
• market

) make commercial; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life" ;