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market
What does market mean?
market (noun): the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use market in a sentence?
- Without competition there would be no market. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce market?
/ˈmɑɹkət/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does market come from?
From Middle English market, from late Old English market (“market”) and Anglo-Norman markiet (Old French marchié).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “market” mean?
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
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an institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution
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a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
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