market, marketplace, market place -- (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")
market -- (the customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it")
grocery store, grocery, food market, market -- (a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market")
market, securities industry -- (the securities markets in the aggregate; "the market always frustrates the small investor")
marketplace, market place, mart, market -- (an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up)
Overview of verb market
The verb market has 4 senses
market -- (engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products")
market -- (buy household supplies; "We go marketing every Saturday")
market -- (deal in a market)
commercialize, commercialise, market -- (make commercial; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life")