to be in the market for sth

  • 81niche — a small specialised segment of a total market. Glossary of Business Terms * * * niche niche [niːʆ] noun [countable] MARKETING a part of a market which is small but may be profitable: • In the US market for shoes, the company occupies an upmarket… …

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  • 82buy — 1 /baI/ verb past tense and past participle bought 1 a) (I, T) to get something by paying money for it: Where did you buy that dress? | buy sb sth: Let me buy you a drink. | buy sth for: Sally s buying new curtains for the bedroom. | buy sth from …

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  • 83monopoly — Absolute control of all sales and distribution in a market by one firm, due to some barrier to entry of other firms, allowing the firm to sell at a higher price than the socially optimal price. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * monopoly… …

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  • 84pattern — A technical chart formation used to make market predictions by following the price movements of securities. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I. pattern pat‧tern 1 [ˈpætn ǁ ˈpætərn] noun [countable] 1. the regular way in which something… …

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  • 85size — size1 W1S1 [saız] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(how big)¦ 2¦(very big)¦ 3¦(clothes/goods)¦ 4 large sized/medium sized/pocket size etc 5 do something to size 6 that s about the size of it 7¦(paste)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: assise …

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  • 86recommend — verb (T) 1 to advise someone to do something, especially because you have special knowledge of a situation or subject: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee recommended ratification of the treaty despite public opinion. | recommend that: Doctors …

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  • 87size — 1 /saIz/ noun 1 HOW BIG (C, U) how big or small something is: The American states vary enormously in size and population. | The firm underestimated the size of the market for their new product. | be the size of (=be the same size as): There were… …

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  • 88rebound — re‧bound [rɪˈbaʊnd] verb [intransitive] to increase or grow again after decreasing: • signs that the economy will rebound next year • Stock prices rebounded from Wednesday s steep slide. rebound noun [countable] : • He forecasts a strong rebound… …

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  • 89target marketing — target market UK US noun [C, usually singular] MARKETING ► the group of people that a company wants to sell its products or services to: the target market for sth »The key target market for this newspaper is middle aged professionals.… …

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  • 90decline — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ catastrophic, considerable, dramatic, drastic, large, major, marked, massive, serious, severe …

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