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Synonyms
mar·ket (mäŕkĭt)

[Middle English, from Old North French, from Vulgar Latin* marcātus, from Latin mercātus, from past participle of mercārī, to buy, from merx, merc-, merchandise.]

noun 

  1. A public gathering held for buying and selling merchandise.
  2. A place where goods are offered for sale.
  3. A store or shop that sells a particular type of merchandise: a vegetable market.
    1. The business of buying and selling a specified commodity: the soybean market.
    2. A market price.
    3. A geographic region considered as a place for sales: grain for the foreign market; the West Coast market.
    4. A subdivision of a population considered as buyers: cosmetics for the upscale market.
  5. The opportunity to buy or sell; extent of demand for merchandise: a big market for gourmet foods.
    1. An exchange for buying and selling stocks or commodities: securities sold on the New York market.
    2. The entire enterprise of buying and selling commodities and securities: The market has been slow recently.

verb: -ket·ed, -ket·ing, -kets. 

transitive verb 

  1. To offer for sale.
  2. To sell.

intransitive verb 

  1. To deal in a market.
  2. To buy household supplies: We marketed for a special Sunday dinner.

idioms

in the market
Interested in buying: We are in the market for a used car.
on the market
Available for buying: Many kinds of seasonal flowers are on the market. Up for sale: They put the family business on the market.