markets
Where commerce happens
Markets are places where buyers and sellers come together to trade goods or services—from a farmer's market to a stock market.
The term extends to the broader system of commercial activity: the housing market, labor market, emerging markets.
As a verb, to market something is to promote or sell it: They're marketing the product to teenagers.
Market forces refers to the economic pressures of supply and demand that influence prices and availability.
Delays or compartments
- vendorsThose who sell goods
- soukTraditional Arab market
- merchantsThose who conduct commerce
- hagglingNegotiating a lower price
bargaining · spices · textiles · carpets · handicrafts · pottery · lanterns · alleyways
Ownership stakes or inventory
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- tradingExchanging for value
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
portfolio · dividends · index · NASDAQ · bluechip · IPO · capitalization · securities
Contracts for future delivery
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- hedgingNoncommittal maneuvering
- forexCurrency trading market
arbitrage · leverage · margin · swaps · contracts · speculation · clearinghouse · settlement
Furnish or stock
- demandForceful request or requirement
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- economySystem of trade and production
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
monopoly · inflation · pricing · equilibrium · regulation · deregulation · boom · bust
Make or manufacture
- localOf this area
- organicFrom living matter
- vegetablesEdible plants, not fruits
- fruitEdible plant ovary
seasonal · farmstand · vendors · fresh · artisan · community · growers · weekly
Impartial and unbiased
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
- fleaBlood-drinking jumping pest
- craftsHandmade artistic works
- hawkersStreet sellers who shout
entertainment · crowds · festive · popup · seasonal · artisans · souvenirs
stalls
Delays or compartments
haggling · bargaining · spices · textiles · carpets · handicrafts · pottery · lanterns · alleyways · crowds
stocks
Ownership stakes or inventory
exchange · portfolio · dividends · index · NASDAQ · bluechip · IPO · capitalization · securities · brokerage
futures
Contracts for future delivery
- optionsAvailable courses of action
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- hedgingNoncommittal maneuvering
forex · arbitrage · leverage · margin · swaps · contracts · speculation · clearinghouse · settlement · expiration
supply
Furnish or stock
- demandForceful request or requirement
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- economySystem of trade and production
competition · monopoly · inflation · pricing · equilibrium · regulation · deregulation · boom · bust · recession
produce
Make or manufacture
- localOf this area
- organicFrom living matter
- vegetablesEdible plants, not fruits
fruit · seasonal · farmstand · vendors · fresh · artisan · community · growers · weekly · outdoor
fair
Impartial and unbiased
hawkers · entertainment · crowds · festive · popup · seasonal · artisans · souvenirs
assembly
Constructing from components
Athens · polis · citizenship · debate · oratory · rhetoric · Socrates · philosophy · ancient · Greece
shopping
Acquiring goods at retailers
aisle · checkout · cashier · merchandise · inventory · shopper · discount · sale · brand · apparel
- commercetrade, banking, merchant, imports, sales
- travel activitiessightseeing, beaches, guided tours, tours, museums
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
- trade & commercetrade, exports, imports, tariffs, merchant
- local economyshops, jobs, wages, workers, trade
marketshides
Conceals or animal skins
conceals · suppresses · withholds · hoards · buries
marketscentral planning
Government directs all production
command economy · planned economy · state control · communism · socialism
- stock marketSecurities trading venue
- on the marketOffered for sale
- flea marketOutdoor secondhand goods venue
- the marketAggregate of buyers, sellers
- open-air marketUncovered retail gathering space
- market squarePublic trading area
market, marketing, supermarket, marketplace, marketer, marketed, marketable, flea market, stock market