markets (noun)
1financial markets — noun (plural) technical banks and other financial institutions that make business contracts with each other …
2Financial Services and Markets Act — Fiˌnancial ˌServices and ˈMarkets ˌAct noun LAW in Britain, a law passed in 2000 stating the legal powers of the Financial Services Authority …
3parallel markets — /ˌpærəlel mɑ:kɪts/ plural noun money markets, where institutions such as banks, or organisations such as local authorities, can lend or borrow money without having to go through the main money markets …
4the Financial Services and Markets Act — UK US noun [S] ► FINANCE, LAW in the UK, a law passed in 2000 that describes what legal powers the Financial Services Authority has …
5flesh markets — /ˈflɛʃ makəts/ (say flesh mahkuhts) plural noun the prostitution trade: the flesh markets of Sydney. {from the obsolete use with reference to a market for meat for human consumption} …
6international money markets — /ˌɪntənæʃ(ə)nəl mʌni ˌmɑ:kɪts/ plural noun markets, such as the Euromarket, the international market for lending or borrowing in eurocurrencies …
7overseas markets — /ˌəυvəˌsi:z mɑ:kɪts/ plural noun markets in foreign countries …
8money market — noun a market for short term debt instruments • Hypernyms: ↑market, ↑securities industry * * * ˈmoney market [money market money markets] noun the banks and other institutions that lend or borrow money, and buy and sell foreign money …
9free market — noun : an economic market operating by free competition : an economic condition of unrestricted buying and selling * * * noun, pl ⋯ kets [count] : an economic market or system in which prices are based on competition among private businesses and… …
10bear market — noun a market characterized by falling prices for securities • Hypernyms: ↑market, ↑securities industry * * * noun, pl ⋯ kets [count] finance : a market (such as a stock market) in which prices are going down compare ↑bull market * * * ˈbear… …
