markets

NOUN

place, venue for selling goods

Synonyms

WEAK

bazaar bodega booth business chain store co-op corner store deli delicatessen department store dimestore drugstore emporium exchange fair general store grocery store mall mart outlet shop shopping mall showroom souk square stall stock exchange store supermarket trading post truck variety store warehouse

VERB

package and sell goods

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advertise display retail

STRONG

barter exchange merchandise vend wholesale

WEAK

offer for sale

Antonyms

STRONGEST

hide

STRONG

buy

Example Sentences

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Markets remain worried about a potential pullback in consumer spending as the conflict grinds on and retail energy prices continue to climb.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Brent Donnelly, now the president of Spectra Markets, was a day trader back then.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Markets appear to be moving in the same direction.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

My debts and rent were paid and my papers in my hieb-pocket; shirtless I left the island in the Markets, and went with Yegey back among the houses of the powerful.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin