market penetration | the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market |
marketing research market research | research that gathers and analyzes information about the moving of good or services from producer to consumer |
market analysis | marketing research that yields information about the marketplace |
market gardening | the growing of vegetables or flowers for market |
market capitalization market capitalisation | an estimation of the value of a business that is obtained by multiplying the number of shares outstanding by the current price of a share |
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 |
black market | an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls |
buyer's market buyers' market soft market | a market in which more people want to sell than want to buy |
grey market gray market | an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency |
seller's market sellers' market | a market in which more people want to buy than want to sell |
labor market | the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers |
butcher shop meat market | a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold |
commodity exchange commodities exchange commodities market | an exchange for buying and selling commodities for future delivery |
curb market | a stock market for trading in securities not listed on the New York Stock Exchange |
farmer's market green market greenmarket | an open-air marketplace for farm products |
futures exchange futures market forward market | a commodity exchange where futures contracts are traded |
grocery store grocery food market market | a marketplace where groceries are sold, the grocery store included a meat market |
market garden | a garden where fruit and vegetables are grown for marketing |
marketplace market place mart market | an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up |
open-air market open-air marketplace market square | a public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold |
over-theounter market OTC market | a stock exchange where securities transactions are made via telephone and computer rather than on the floor of an exchange |
slave market | a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War) |
spot market | a market in which a commodity is bought or sold for immediate delivery or delivery in the very near future |
stock exchange stock market securities market | an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers |
average cost | total cost for all units bought (or produced) divided by the number of units |
average | an intermediate scale value regarded as normal or usual, he is about average in height, the snowfall this month is below average |
average norm | a statistic describing the location of a distribution, it set the norm for American homes |
market order | an order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market price |
Dow Jones Dow-Jones Industrial Average | an indicator of stock market prices, based on the share values ofbluehip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing |
stock index stock market index | index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks |
market letter | a newsletter written by an analyst of the stock market and sold to subscribers |
earned run average ERA | (baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness, calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched |
grade point average GPA | a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university, calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted |
market securities industry | the securities markets in the aggregate, the market always frustrates the small investor |
bear market | a market characterized by falling prices for securities |
bull market | a market characterized by rising prices for securities |
money market | a market for short-term debt instruments |
European Union EU European Community EC European Economic Community EEC Common Market Europe | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members, he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union |
market economy free enterprise private enterprise laissez-faire economy | an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices |
non-market economy | an economy that is not a market economy |
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 |
black market | people who engage in illicit trade |
flea market | an open-air street market for inexpensive or secondhand articles |
market cross | a cross-shaped monument set up in the marketplace of a town where public business is often conducted |
market town | a (usually small) town where a public market is held at stated times |
market analyst | an analyst of conditions affecting a market (especially the stock market) |
market strategist | someone skilled in planning marketing campaigns |
shopkeeper tradesman storekeeper market keeper | a merchant who owns or manages a shop |
market value market price | the price at which buyers and sellers trade the item in an open marketplace |
market forces | the interaction of supply and demand that shapes a market economy |