n. the customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it"

n. the player who guards the goal

n. the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace"

n. the securities markets in the aggregate; "the market always frustrates the small investor"

n. one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

n. a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market"

v. engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products"

v. deal in a market

v. make commercial; "Some Amish people have commercialized their way of life"

n. a collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display

n. a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members

n. the chief official in charge of a prison

n. a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

n. a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose; "my invaluable assistant"; "they hired additional help to finish the work"

n. a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees"

n. someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another

n. a manservant (usually the head servant of a household) who has charge of wines and the table

n. a man paid to drive a privately owned car

n. someone who cooks food

n. a female domestic

n. an attendant on an airplane

n. a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man"

n. the party appointed by a probate court to distribute the estate of someone who dies without a will or without naming an executor

n. a person who owns something; "they are searching for the owner of the car"; "who is the owner of that friendly smile?"

n. a person who waits or awaits

n. a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern"

n. a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

n. narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade

n. a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)

n. mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace; "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls"

v. sell or offer for sale from place to place

v. administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"

v. interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"

v. sell on the retail market