Marketing
['mɑːkɪtɪŋ] or ['mɑrkɪtɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) shopping at a market; 'does the weekly marketing at the supermarket'.
(noun.) the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service; 'most companies have a manager in charge of marketing'.
Checked by Dora--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Market
(n.) The act of selling or of purchasing in, or as in, a market.
(n.) Articles in, or from, a market; supplies.
Editor: Rufus
Examples
- To show my penitence, will you accept a ten pound note towards your marketing, and give the poor fellows a feast? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- In her snowy-frilled cap she reminded one of that delightful Frenchwoman whom we have all seen marketing, basket on arm. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Intelligence is narrowed to the factors concerned with technical production and marketing of goods. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He appreciated fully its inherent difficulties, not only in manufacture, but also in the marketing of the product. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But I suppose Mrs. Thornton assists you in your marketing. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Immediately the necessity for more care in selecting and marketing honey was apparent. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Lou