Market

Meaning
A regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other commodities.
Pronunciation
UK ˈmɑːkɪt
US ˈmɑːrkɪt
Example Sentences
- Well technically, these special pineapples [aren't] even on the market - so [they're] priceless.
- There is a wholesale fish market called [Tsukiji].
- This is the busiest and largest fish market in the world.
- In 2004, Coca-Cola created Miles Thirst, a vinyl doll voiced by Reno Wilson (the voice of Frenzy, [Mudflap] and Brains from across the Transformers films) in order to exploit the hip-hop market to advertise their range of soft drinks.
- Originally the Android OS wasn't designed for the smartphone market.
- Android's significance in the mobile market was perfectly realized in 2009 when [Eric] [Schmidt], Google CEO, was forced to resign from Apple's board of directors due to a conflict of interest and his inability to be involved in Apple's developments and future plans.
- The city is also known for its shopping and the [Dongdaemun] Market, which is the largest market in South Korea.
- It describes how a price is formed in a market economy.
- There are two determining factors on such a market, the number of things made available, called supply, and the number of things consumers want, called demand.
- This happens at the equilibrium market price.
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