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 |
finance | the commercial activity of providing funds and capital |
corporate finance | the financial activities of corporation |
high finance | large and complex financial transactions (often used with the implication that those individuals or institutions who engage in them are unethical) |
breeding bringing up fostering fosterage nurture raising rearing upbringing | helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community, they debated whether nature or nurture was more important |
finance | the management of money and credit and banking and investments |
raising hell hell raising | making trouble just for the fun of it |
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 |
raising rearing nurture | the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child |
finance r | the branch of economics that studies the management of money and other assets |
market order | an order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market price |
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 |
opening opening night curtain raising | the first performance (as of a theatrical production), the opening received good critical reviews |
elevation lift raising | the event of something being raised upward, an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon, a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity |
pension fund | a financial institution that collects regular contributions from employers to provide retirement income for employees |
investment company investment trust investment firm fund | a financial institution that sells shares to individuals and invests in securities issued by other companies |
hedge fund hedgefund | a flexible investment company for a small number of large investors (usually the minimum investment is $ million), can use highisk techniques (not allowed for mutual funds) such as short-selling and heavy leveraging |
mutual fund mutual fund company open-end fund open-end investment company | a regulated investment company with a pool of assets that regularly sells and redeems its shares |
index fund | a mutual fund that invests in the stocks that are the basis of a well-known stock or bond index |
closed-end fund closed-end investment company | a regulated investment company that issues a fixed number of shares which are listed on a stock market |
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 |
United Nations Children's Fund United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund UNICEF | an agency of the United Nations responsible for programs to aid education and the health of children and mothers in developing countries |
International Finance Corporation IFC | a United Nations agency that invests directly in companies and guarantees loans to private investors, affiliated with the World Bank |