| market penetration | the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market |
| open sesame | any very successful means of achieving a result |
| open primary | a primary in which any registered voter can vote (but must vote for candidates of only one party) |
open frame
break | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare, the break in the eighth frame cost him the match |
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 |
| open-heart surgery | heart surgery in which the rib cage is spread open, the heart is stopped and blood is detoured through a heart-lung machine while a heart valve or coronary artery is surgically repaired |
| 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 |
| fireplace hearth open fireplace | an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built, the fireplace was so large you could walk inside it, he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it, the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires |
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 |
| open circuit | an incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows |
open-end wrench
tappet wrench | a wrench having parallel jaws at fixed separation (often on both ends of the handle) |
| open-hearth furnace | a furnace for making steel in which the steel is placed on a shallow hearth and flames of burning gas and hot air play over it |
| open sight | rear gunsight having an open notch instead of a peephole or telescope |
| open weave | a weave in which warp threads never come together, leaving interstices in the fabric |
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 |
| open door | freedom of access, he maintained an open door for all employees |
open
surface | information that has become public, all the reports were out in the open, the facts had been brought to the surface |
open interval
unbounded interval | an interval that does not include its endpoints |
| open account | an unpaid credit order |
| market order | an order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market price |
| open letter | a letter of protest, addressed to one person but intended for the general public |
stock index
stock market index | index based on a statistical compilation of the share prices of a number of representative stocks |
open-door policy
open door | the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries |
| open secret | something that is supposed to be secret but is generally known, their love affair was an open secret |
| market letter | a newsletter written by an analyst of the stock market and sold to subscribers |
| open sesame | a magical command, used by Ali Baba |
| open | a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play |
open-face sandwich
open sandwich | sandwich without a covering slice of bread |
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 |
| 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 |