Ein Platz, auf dem (in regelmäßigen Abständen) Waren verkauft werden (Wochen-M., Jahr-M., Messen). Danach bezeichnet man mit M. auch die Gesamtheit der ökonom. Beziehungen zw. Angebot u. Nachfrage nach einem bestimmten Gut innerhalb eines bestimmten Gebiets u. Zeitraums. Marktformen.
ETYM Akin to Dutch markt, Old High Germ. markât, merkât, German markt.
1. The customers for a particular product or service.
2. The securities markets in the aggregate; SYN. securities industry.
3. The world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; SYN. marketplace.
Any situation where buyers and sellers are in contact with each other. This could be a street market or it could be a world market where buyers and sellers communicate via letters, faxes, telephones, and representatives.
In a perfect or free market, there are many buyers and sellers, so that no single buyer or seller is able to influence the price of the product; there is therefore perfect competition in the market. In an imperfect market either a few buyers or sellers (or even just one) dominates the market.