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market

/ˈmɑːkɪt/noun

A place, often outdoors, where people buy and sell food and other goods from stalls.

Example sentences

  • “We buy fresh vegetables at the market every Saturday.”
  • “The night market sells street food and handmade jewelry.”
  • “She sells her homemade honey at the local farmers' market.”

You go 'to the market' and buy things 'at the market'. In business, 'the market' also means the trade in goods or the stock market.

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