nouns
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
"without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace"
the customers for a particular product or service
"before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it"
is a type of (narrower)
people having the same social, economic, or educational status
"the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
a marketplace where groceries are sold
"the grocery store included a meat market"
the securities markets in the aggregate
"the market always frustrates the small investor"
an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up