ALL meanings of in the market for
in the mar·ket for
I i - expression in the market for intending to buy 1
- noun in the market for an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market. 1
- noun in the market for a store for the sale of food: a meat market. 1
- noun in the market for a meeting of people for selling and buying. 1
- noun in the market for the assemblage of people at such a meeting. 1
- noun in the market for trade or traffic, especially as regards a particular commodity: the market in cotton. 1
- noun in the market for a body of persons carrying on extensive transactions in a specified commodity: the cotton market. 1
- noun in the market for the field of trade or business: the best shoes in the market. 1
- noun in the market for demand for a commodity: an unprecedented market for leather. 1
- noun in the market for a body of existing or potential buyers for specific goods or services: the health-food market. 1
- noun in the market for a region in which goods and services are bought, sold, or used: the foreign market; the New England market. 1
- noun in the market for current price or value: a rising market for shoes. 1
- noun in the market for stock market. 1
- verb without object in the market for to buy or sell in a market; deal. 1
- verb without object in the market for to buy food and provisions for the home. 1
- verb with object in the market for to carry or send to market for disposal: to market produce every week. 1
- verb with object in the market for to dispose of in a market; sell. 1
- idioms in the market for at the market, at the prevailing price in the open market. 1
- idioms in the market for in the market for, ready to buy; interested in buying: I'm in the market for a new car. 1
- idioms in the market for on the market, for sale; available: Fresh asparagus will be on the market this week. 1