market

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. marketplace, mart (see business); demand. See sale.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A place devoted to sale]

Syn. store, grocery store, trading post, mart, shopping mall, shopper's square, emporium, exchange, city market, public market, farmer's market, supermarket, green-grocer's, meat market, fish market, curb market, open-air market, flea market, fair, dime store, drug store, department store, variety store, general store, bazaar, stall, booth, warehouse, business, delicatessen; see also shop , store 1 .

2. [Stock market]

Syn. stock exchange, exchange, bourse, Bourse, commodities exchange, Dow-Jones, the Dow, Nikkei, syndicate.

3. [The state of trade]

Syn. supply and demand, sale, run; see business 1 , 5 , demand 2 .

• be in the market (for),

Syn. want to buy, be willing to purchase, need; see want 1 .

• on the market,

Syn. salable, ready for purchase, available; see for sale at sale .

v.

Syn. vend, exchange, barter; see sell 1 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

store, mart, shopping center, grocery store, outlet, mall, stall, stand, emporium, exchange.

II

v.

sell, peddle, hustle, offer for sale, hawk, wholesale, retail, exchange, trade, advertise.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To offer for sale: deal (in), handle, merchandise, merchant, peddle, retail, sell, trade (in), vend. See TRANSACTIONS.