# marketing

Pronunciation: say "MAR-ki-ting" US /ˈmɑɹkɪtɪŋ/, UK /ˈmɑːkɪtɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The promotion, distribution, and selling of a product or service, including market research and advertising.
   - Simple: The work of studying what customers want, then advertising and selling a product or service and getting it to them.
   - _Her degree focused on marketing, with courses in consumer behavior and brand strategy._
   - _Effective marketing turned a niche product into a household name._
3. The buying and selling of goods at a market, or the activity of taking goods to a market to sell.
   - Simple: Buying and selling things at a market, or taking things to a market to sell them.
   - _Before the railroad came, the marketing of grain meant a long wagon trip to the river town._
   - _Livestock marketing in the county still centers on the weekly auction, where buyers bid on each pen of cattle._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of market, the verb form used in phrases such as "is marketing" or "by marketing" something. — present participle and gerund of market
   - Simple: Present participle of market. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action of selling.
   - _The startup is marketing its software to small businesses._
   - _He spent the summer marketing his novel to independent bookstores._

## Noun

4. The activity of going to market as a buyer, to do one's shopping. *(archaic, Philippines)*
   - Simple: The act of going to a market to shop and buy food or goods.
   - _The marketing was done by nine, the basket heavy with fish and greens._
   - _She set out for her marketing with a list and a wide basket._

## Origin

Formed within English from "market" and the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/marketing (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).