market vs supermarket

market

noun
  • A grocery store 

  • A gathering of people for the purchase and sale of merchandise at a set time, often periodic. 

  • A group of potential customers for one's product. 

  • A formally organized, sometimes monopolistic, system of trading in specified goods or effects. 

  • City square or other fairly spacious site where traders set up stalls and buyers browse the merchandise. 

  • A geographical area where a certain commercial demand exists. 

  • The sum total traded in a process of individuals trading for certain commodities. 

verb
  • To make (products or services) available for sale and promote them. 

  • To sell. 

  • To shop in a market; to attend a market. 

  • To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for provisions or goods. 

supermarket

noun
  • A chain of such stores. 

  • A one-stop shop; a place offering a range of products or services. 

  • A large self-service store that sells groceries and, usually, medications, household goods, and/or clothing. 

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