markets

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of market.

   Several open-air markets line the river during the summer festival.

   Investors watched the global markets tumble after the announcement.

   Note

   A regular plural, though the senses behind it do not all count the same way. Markets of stalls or gatherings are places you can walk between. Markets of customers or regions are what a business weighs when deciding where to sell. The markets, with the article, can mean organized trading systems taken together, the ones investors watch tumble. The same spelling also serves as the verb form, so 'the markets' and 'she markets' differ only in grammar.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of market.

   The studio markets each film differently depending on its target audience.

   He markets the resort as a quiet retreat for tired professionals.

   Note

   This is the form the verb takes after he, she, it or a singular noun; plural subjects and I or you take the bare market. Its commonest uses are transitive, often with as or to: a studio markets a film to an audience, a firm markets a resort as a retreat. The older intransitive senses, dealing or shopping at a market, take no object at all.

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