Market

mär′ket, n. a public place for the purposes of buying and selling: the time for the market: sale: rate of sale: value.— v.i. to deal at a market: to buy and sell.— ns. Marketabil′ity , Mar′ket able ne .— adj. Mar′ketable , fit for the market: saleable.— ns. Mar′ket-bell ( Shak. ), a bell to give notice of the time; Mar′ket-cro , a cro anciently set up where a market was held; Mar′ket-day , the fixed day on which a market is usually held; Mar′keter ; Mar′ket-gar′den , a garden in which fruit and vegetables are grown for market; Mar′ket-gar′dener ; Mar′ket-house , a building in which a market is held; Mar′keting , the act or practice of buying and selling in market; Mar′ket-place , the open space in a town where markets are held; Mar′ket-price , the price at which anything is sold in the market: the current price; Mar′ket-town , a town having the privilege of holding a public market. [Through the O. Fr. (Fr. marché , It. mercato ), from L. mercat us , trade, a market— merx , merchandise.]