Mar"ket , v. t. To expose for sale in a market; to traffic in; to sell in a market, and
in an extended sense, to sell in any manner; as, most of the
farmes have marketed their crops.
Industrious merchants meet,
and market there
The world's collected wealth.
Southey.
Mar"ket (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marketed;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Marketing.]
To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods.
Mar"ket (?), n. [Akin to D.
markt, OHG. markāt, merkāt, G. markt; all fr.L. mercatus trade, market place, fr. mercari, p. p. mercatus, to trade, traffic, merx,
mercis, ware, merchandise, prob. akin to merere to deserve, gain, acquire: cf. F. marché. See Merit, and cf. Merchant, Mart.]
1. A meeting together of people, at
a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle,
provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and
not by auction; as, a
market is held in the town every week.
He is wit's peddler; and retails his wares
At wakes, and wassails, meetings,
markets, fairs.
Shak. Three women and a goose make a market.
Old
Saying. 2. A public place (as an open space in
a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold.
There is at Jerusalem by the sheep
market a pool.
John v. 2. 3. An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no
market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods.
There is a third thing
to be considered: how a market can be created for produce, or how production can be limited to the capacities of the market.
J. S. Mill. 4. Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market.
5. The price for which a thing
is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth.
What is a man
If his
chief good and market of his time
Be but to sleep and feed ?
Shak.
6. (Eng. Law) The privelege granted to a town of having a public market.
&fist; Market is often used adjectively, or in forming compounds of obvious meaning; as, market basket, market day, market folk, market house, marketman, market place, market price, market rate, market wagon, market woman, and the like.
Market beater, a swaggering bully; a noisy braggart. [Obs.]
Chaucer. -- Market bell, a bell rung to
give notice that buying and selling in a market may begin. [Eng.]
Shak. -- Market cross, a cross set up
where a market is held. Shak. -- Market garden, a garden in which vegetables are raised for market. -- Market gardening, the raising of vegetables for market. -- Market place, an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held. -- Market town, a town that has the privilege of a stated public market.
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