· 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"

Synonym(s): marketplace, market_place

Hypernym(s): activity

· the customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it"

Hypernym(s): class, stratum, social_class, socio-economic_class

· a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market"

Synonym(s): grocery_store, grocery, food_market

Hypernym(s): marketplace, market_place, mart, market

· the securities markets in the aggregate; "the market always frustrates the small investor"

Synonym(s): securities_industry

Hypernym(s): industry

· an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up

Synonym(s): marketplace, market_place, mart

Hypernym(s): mercantile_establishment, retail_store, sales_outlet, outlet

· engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products"

Hypernym(s): trade, merchandise

· buy household supplies; "We go marketing every Saturday"

Hypernym(s): shop

· deal in a market

Hypernym(s): deal, sell, trade

· make commercial; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life"

Synonym(s): commercialize, commercialise

Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify