Definition

• n. - A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week.
• n. - A public place (as an open space in a town) or a large building, where a market is held; a market place or market house; esp., a place where provisions are sold.
• n. - An opportunity for selling anything; demand, as shown by price offered or obtainable; a town, region, or country, where the demand exists; as, to find a market for one's wares; there is no market for woolen cloths in that region; India is a market for English goods.
• n. - Exchange, or purchase and sale; traffic; as, a dull market; a slow market.
• n. - The price for which a thing is sold in a market; market price. Hence: Value; worth.
• n. - The privelege granted to a town of having a public market.