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| MARKER | | n. - thing marking a position etc.
- person or thing that marks.
- broad-tipped felt-tipped pen.
- scorer in a game. | |
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| MARKET | | garden n. Farm where vegetables and fruit are grown for sale in markets.
- price n. Price in current dealings.
- research n. Surveying of consumers' needs and preferences.
- town n. Town where a market is held.
- value n. Value if offered for sale.
- —n. - gathering of buyers and sellers of provisions, livestock, etc.
- space for this.
- (often foll. By for) demand for a commodity etc. (no market for sheds).
- place or group providing such a demand.
- conditions etc. For buying or selling; rate of purchase and sale (market is sluggish).
- = *stock market. —v. (-t-) 1 offer for sale, esp. By advertising etc.
- archaic buy or sell goods in a market. be in the market for wish to buy. Be on the market be offered for sale. Put on the market offer for sale. marketer n. Marketing n. [latin mercor buy] | |
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| MARKUP | | n. - amount added to a price by the retailer for profit.
- corrections in a text. | |
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| MARLIN | | n. (pl. Same or -s) us long-nosed marine fish. [from *marlinspike] | |
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| MARMOT | | n. Heavy-set burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail. [latin mus mouse, mons mountain] | |
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| MAROON | | adj. & n. Brownish-crimson. [french marron chestnut]
- v. - leave (a person) isolated, esp. On an island.
- (of weather etc.) Cause (a person) to be forcibly detained. [french marron wild person, from spanish cimarrón] | |
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| MARQUE | | n. Make of car, as distinct from a specific model (the jaguar marque). [french, = *mark1] | |
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| MARRAM | | n. Shore grass that binds sand. [old norse, = sea-haulm] | |
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| MARRON | | glace n. (pl. Marrons glaces pronunc. Same) chestnut preserved in syrup. [french] | |
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| MARROW | | n. - large fleshy usu. Striped gourd eaten as a vegetable.
- soft fatty substance in the cavities of bones.
- essential part. to the marrow right through. [old english] | |
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