(finance) The beginning of formal trading on an exchange, usually signalled by the opening bell.

Synonym of free market

(finance) The total market value of the equity in a publicly traded entity.

plural of market value

(finance) The price which a seller or insurer might reasonably expect to fetch for goods, services or securities on the open market.

(economics) The market consisting of the supply of unemployed workers in relation to the demand for them.

(finance) A stock market where a majority of investors are selling ("bears"), causing overall stock prices to drop. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bear, market.

(trading, economics, finance) An exchange in which one can trade on commodities or financial instruments at a specified price for delivery at a specified future time.

(finance) The financial market for trading of securities that have already been issued in an initial private or public offering.

A bell rung to give notice that buying and selling in a market may begin, or that it has ended.