(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.

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

(plural only, finance) Feelings of uncertainty among investors regarding the current economic environment and causing them to sell their stocks and bonds.

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

Synonym of free market

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

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

plural of market value

(economics) The use or result of commercial practices by one market participant or a group of market participants (possibly with governmental assistance) that limit the access of buyers and sellers to each other.

Alternative form of flea-marketer