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/ˈmɑːkɪt/ · noun
A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise, often periodic at a set time..
The right to hold a weekly market was an invaluable privilege not given to all towns in the Middle Ages.
There's a market every Thursday and Saturday in the town square.
The market is a process, actuated by the interplay of the actions of the various individuals cooperating under the division of labor.
This site on North Street used to be the market, until it was redeveloped.
‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘[…] They tell me there was a recognized swag market down here.’
The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile. Only the city zoo offers greater species diversity.
Stop by the market on your way home and pick up some milk.
Mixes [such as cake mixes, pancake mixes, or sauce mixes] are sometimes a reasonable alternative and sometimes not. […] Pancake mixes often offer no advantages at all. Nonetheless, there are times when you would be foolish not to use a mix. Perhaps a domestic emergency occurs. Perhaps cupcakes must be brought to school tomorrow morning, but when you stop at the market on your way home from work, you cannot remember whether you have baking powder, cream of tartar, baking soda, nutmeg, cake flour, chocolate, or vanilla on your shelf, or you want to go through the “five items or fewer” line. So you buy the mix. Only a glutton for punishment would do otherwise.
Use market when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Market means A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise, often periodic at a set time..
Common synonyms include mart, fair, marketplace, bazaar.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The right to hold a weekly market was an invaluable privilege not given to all towns in the Middle Ages.
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