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4 : a retail establishment usu. of a specific kind

2market verb 1 : to go to a market to buy or sell

2 : to offer for sale : SELL

— mar·ket·able adjective

Synonyms

deal, merchandise, put up, retail, sell, vend; also wholesale; hawk, peddle; barter, distribute, exchange, export, handle, trade, traffic (in); advertise, ballyhoo, boost, plug, promote, tout; bargain, chaffer, dicker, haggle, palter auction; provide, supply; keep, stock

Antonyms

buy, purchase

mar·ket·place noun 1 : an open square in a town where markets are held

2 : the world of trade or economic activity

Synonyms

business, commerce, trade, traffic—more at COMMERCE

mark·er noun : one that marks

Synonyms

label, tag, ticket—more at LABEL

mark·ka noun, plural mark·kaa or markkas : the basic monetary unit of Finland from 1917 to 2001

marks·man noun : a person skillful at hitting a target

— marks·man·ship noun

Synonyms

sharpshooter, shooter, shot; also rifleman; gunman, gunner, sniper

mark·up noun 1 : a raising of price

2 : an amount added to the cost price of an article to determine the selling price

mark up verb : to put a higher price on

markup language noun : a system for marking the components and layout of a computer document

marl noun : an earthy deposit rich in lime used esp. as fertilizer

— marly adjective

mar·lin noun : any of several large oceanic sport fishes related to sailfishes

mar·line·spike also mar·lin·spike noun : a pointed iron tool used to separate strands of rope or wire (as in splicing)

mar·ma·lade noun : a clear jelly holding in suspension pieces of fruit and fruit rind

mar·mo·re·al adjective : of, relating to, or suggestive of marble

mar·mo·set noun : any of numerous small bushy-tailed monkeys of Central and So. America

mar·mot noun : any of a genus of stout short-legged burrowing No. American rodents

1maroon verb 1 : to put ashore (as on a desolate island) and leave to one's fate

2 : to leave in isolation and without hope of escape

Synonyms

abandon, desert, forsake, quit—more at ABANDON

2maroon noun : a dark red color

1marquee noun [ORIGIN: modif. of F marquise, lit., marchioness]

1 : a large tent set up (as for an outdoor party)

2 : a usu. metal and glass canopy over an entrance (as of a theater)

3 : a sign over the entrance of a theater or arena advertising a performance

2marquee adjective : having or being a great attraction : PREEMINENT <~ athletes>

mar·quess or mar·quis noun 1 : a nobleman of hereditary rank in Europe and Japan

2 : a member of the British peerage ranking below a duke and above an earl

mar·que·try noun : inlaid work of wood, shell, or ivory (as on a table or cabinet)

mar·quis noun : MARQUESS

mar·quise noun, plural mar·quises : MARCHIONESS

mar·riage noun 1 : the state of being married

2 : a wedding ceremony and attendant festivities

3 : a close union

— mar·riage·able adjective

Synonyms

[1] match, matrimony; also monogamy, attachment, commitment, relationship

[2] espousal, wedding—more at WEDDING

married name noun : a woman's surname acquired through marriage

mar·row noun : a soft vascular tissue that fills the cavities of most bones

mar·row·bone noun : a bone (as a shinbone) rich in marrow

mar·ry verb mar·ried; mar·ry·ing 1 a : to join in marriage according to law or custom

b : to give in marriage

2 : to take as a spouse : WED

3 : to enter into a close union

— mar·ried adjective or noun

Synonyms

[1b] match; also commit, engage; affiance, betroth, pledge, promise

[3] associate, coalesce, combine, conjoin, connect, couple, fuse, join, link, unify, unite—more at UNITE

Mars noun : the planet 4th from the sun and conspicuous for its red color

marsh noun : a tract of soft wet land

— marshy adjective

Synonyms

bog, fen, mire, morass, slough, swamp—more at SWAMP

1marshal noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF mareschal, of Gmc origin; akin to OHG marahscalc marshal, fr.