noun
A place devoted to sale
store, grocery store, trading post, mart, shopping mall, shopper's square, emporium, exchange, city market, public market, farmer's market, supermarket, green-grocer's, meat market, fish market, curb market, open-air market, flea market, fair, dime store, drug store, department store, variety store, general store, bazaar, stall, booth, warehouse, business, delicatessen; see also shop, store 1.
Stock market
stock exchange, exchange, bourse, Bourse, commodities exchange, Dow-Jones, the Dow, Nikkei, syndicate.
The state of trade
supply and demand, sale, run; see business 1, 5, demand 2.
be in the market (for)
want to buy, be willing to purchase, need; see want 1.
on the market