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Market

A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and sale, and not by auction; as, a market is held in the town every week.

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Broader term 14

Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Class 76% connected

A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower clas…

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Deal 76% connected

A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

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Industry 76% connected

Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mart 76% connected

A market.

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Merchandise 76% connected

The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Outlet 76% connected

The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.

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Sell 76% connected

Self.

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Shop 76% connected

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

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Stratum 76% connected

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds…

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Trade 76% connected

A track; a trail; a way; a path; also, passage; travel; resort.

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Narrower term 6

Agora 76% connected

An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.

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Bazaar 76% connected

Alt. of Bazar

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Bazar 76% connected

In the East, an exchange, marketplace, or assemblage of shops where goods are exposed for sale.

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Grocery 76% connected

The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; -- in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense.

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Monopoly 76% connected

The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some…

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oligopoly 76% connected

A market controlled by a few large businesses.

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Manner of action 1

Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Marketable 74% connected

Fit to be offered for sale in a market; such as may be justly and lawfully sold; as, dacaye/ provisions are not marketable.

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Marketable 74% connected

Fit to be offered for sale in a market; such as may be justly and lawfully sold; as, dacaye/ provisions are not marketable.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Seller 74% connected

One who sells.

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Seller 74% connected

One who sells.

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Component part 2

Business 70% connected

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or…

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Shelf 70% connected

A flat tablet or ledge of any material set horizontally at a distance from the floor, to hold objects of use or ornament.

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Synonym 2

Grocery 92% connected

The commodities sold by grocers, as tea, coffee, spices, etc.; -- in the United States almost always in the plural form, in this sense.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Mart 92% connected

A market.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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