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market

 
/ˈmɑr·kɪt/ n [C] (DEMAND)

Definition

the demand for products or services: Are you sure there’s a market for something like this? A market is also an area or particular group that goods can be sold to: the teenage/adult market domestic/foreign markets A market is also the business or trade in a particular type of goods or services: the job/housing market
(Definition of market n (DEMAND) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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