soft market

  • 1Soft Market — A market that has more potential sellers than buyers. A soft market can describe an entire industry, such as the retail market, or a specific asset, such as lumber. This is often referred to as a buyer s market, as the purchasers hold much of the …

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  • 2soft market — A buyer s market in which supply exceeds demand, causing little trading activity and wide bid ask spreads. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * soft market UK US noun [C] ECONOMICS, COMMERCE ► a situation where there are more products or services …

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  • 3soft market — a period when sales are few and prices are low, buyer s market    The real estate market is soft now. Don t try to sell your house …

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  • 4soft market — noun a market in which more people want to sell than want to buy • Syn: ↑buyer s market, ↑buyers market • Hypernyms: ↑market, ↑marketplace, ↑market place …

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  • 5soft market — /sɒft mɑ:kɪt/ noun a market where there is not enough demand, and where prices fall …

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  • 6soft — [sɒft ǁ sɒːft] adjective 1. COMMERCE soft goods are used up soon after they are bought, for example food products: • Ohio s manufacturing base covers a wide range of soft and hard goods. • a soft commodity trader 2. FINANCE soft loans or soft… …

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  • 7soft — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sōfte, alteration of sēfte; akin to Old High German semfti soft Date: before 12th century 1. a. pleasing or agreeable to the senses ; bringing ease, comfort, or quiet < the soft influences&#8230; …

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  • 8market place — noun 1. 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 • Syn: ↑market, ↑marketplace • Derivationally related forms: ↑market ( …

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  • 9Soft drink naming conventions — Soft drinks are called by many names in different places of the world. Africa Ethiopia Soft drinks are generally known in Ethiopia by the Amharic word leslassa , meaning literally smooth . The popular brand names Koka (Coke) and Mirinda (Orange&#8230; …

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  • 10soft — [sôft, säft] adj. [ME &LT; OE softe, gentle, quiet &LT; sefte, akin to Ger sanft &LT; IE base * sem , together, together with &GT; SMOOTH, SAME: basic sense “fitting, friendly, suited to”] 1. giving way easily under pressure, as a feather pillow&#8230; …

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