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noun(mar-ket)a meeting together of people for the purpose of trade by private purchase and sale and usually not by auction
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noun(mar-ket)the people assembled at such a meeting
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noun(mar-ket)a public place where a market is held; especially : a place where provisions are sold at wholesale
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verb(mar-ket)to expose for sale in a market
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verb(mar-ket)sell
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verb(mar-ket)to deal in a market
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noun(mar-ket)a variety of consumer goods and services used to calculate a consumer price index
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noun(mar-ket)capitalization
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noun(mar-ket)an economy in which most goods and services are produced and distributed through free markets
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noun(mar-ket)truck farm
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noun(mar-ket)an intermediary in a stock exchange who controls buy and sell orders (as by purchase and resale) for a particular stock or group of stocks
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noun(mar-ket)an order to buy or sell securities or commodities immediately at the best price obtainable in the market
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noun(mar-ket)a price actually given in current market dealings
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noun(mar-ket)research into the size, location, and makeup of a product market