market (redirected from marketing)

be in the market for something

to be interested in buying something and to have the money to be able to do so. As lovely as it is, we're really not in the market for a five-bedroomed house.

the bottom drops/falls out of the market

if the bottom drops out of the market of a product, people stop buying it. The bottom fell out of the art market and dealers were left with hundreds of unsaleable paintings.

See also: bottom, drop, fall

a cattle market (British, American & Australian, informal, American & Australian, informal)

a place where people go to see sexually attractive women or to find sexual partners. Beauty contests are just cattle markets. That new nightclub called The Venue is awful - it's a real meat market.

corner the market

to become so successful at selling or making a particular product that almost no one else sells or makes it. They've more or less cornered the fast-food market - they're in every big city in the country.

See also: corner

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corner the market

to control the supply or sale of a particular product. The company tried to corner the market on several types of computer software.

See also: corner

in the market for something

interested in buying something. I'm not in the market for a car at the moment.

on the market

for sale. We put our house on the market last spring.

play the market

to try to earn money by buying and selling shares in companies. These traders are people who play the market for profit.

See also: play