| Main Entry: |
market/mart
|
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place, venue for selling goods |
| Synonyms: | bazaar, bodega, booth, business, chain store, co-op, corner store, deli, delicatessen, department store, dimestore, drugstore, emporium, exchange, fair, general store, grocery store, mall, mart, outlet, shop, shopping mall, showroom, souk, square, stall, stock exchange, store, supermarket, trading post, truck, variety store, warehouse |
| Main Entry: | bazaar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fair; sale place |
| Synonyms: | exchange, exposition, fete, market, marketplace, mart |
| Notes: | a bazaar is a shop or market while bizarre means odd or unusual |
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | company, enterprise |
| Synonyms: | Mom and Pop, cartel, concern, corporation, establishment, factory, firm, fly-by-night operation, house, institution, market, megacorp, mill, monopoly, organization, outfit, partnership, setup, shoestring operation, shop, store, syndicate, trust, venture |
| Notes: | the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry |
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commerce, trade |
| Synonyms: | affairs, bargaining, barter, buying and selling, capital and labor, commercialism, contracts, deal, dealings, exchange, free enterprise, game, industrialism, industry, manufacturing, market, merchandising, production and distribution, racket, sales, selling, trading, traffic, transaction, undertaking |
| Notes: | the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry |
| Main Entry: | center |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point of attraction for visitors, shoppers, travelers |
| Synonyms: | capital, city, club, concourse, crossroads, focal point, focus, heart, hub, mall, market, marketplace, mart, meeting place, metropolis, nerve center, plaza, polestar, shopping center, social center, station, town, trading center |
| Main Entry: | clientele |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | customers of business |
| Synonyms: | audience, business, clientage, clientry, clients, constituency, cortege, dependents, following, market, patronage, patrons, public, regulars, trade |
| Antonyms: | management, ownership |
| Main Entry: | exchange |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place where stocks are bought, sold |
| Synonyms: | Wall Street, curb, market, net, network, over the counter, stock exchange, store, the Big Board, the Street |
| Main Entry: | fair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | exposition, carnival |
| Synonyms: | bazaar, celebration, centennial, display, exhibit, exhibition, expo, festival, fete, gala, market, observance, occasion, pageant, show, spectacle |
| Notes: | a fair (noun) is a traveling show or carnival or a gathering of producers to promote business - fair (adjective) means free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception, or very pleasing to the eye, or not excessive or extreme; fare (noun) is the sum charged for transportation, or the food and drink that are regularly consumed - fare (verb) to get along or proceed |
| Main Entry: | grocery store |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food store |
| Synonyms: | Mom and Pop store, bodega, convenience store, corner store, food mart, food store, market, mom-and-pop store, retail food store, supermarket |
| Notes: | a grocery store is smaller; a supermarket is big |