(physics) the transfer of energy between elementary particles or between an elementary particle and a field or between fields; mediated by gauge bosons
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace"
the securities markets in the aggregate; "the market always frustrates the small investor"
the customers for a particular product or service; "before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it"
engage in the commercial promotion, sale, or distribution of; "The company is marketing its new line of beauty products"
deal in a market
buy household supplies; "We go marketing every Saturday"
a particular instance of selling; "he has just made his first sale"; "they had to complete the sale before the banks closed"
the general activity of selling; "they tried to boost sales"; "laws limit the sale of handguns"
an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale"
an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer); "the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office"
the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling; "you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies"; "the new line of cars will soon be on sale"
the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice"
the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services; "Venice was an important center of trade with the East"; "they are accused of conspiring to constrain trade"
the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers; "even before noon there was a considerable patronage"
exchange or give (something) in exchange for
turn in as payment or part payment for a purchase; "trade in an old car for a new one"
engage in the trade of; "he is merchandising telephone sets"
be traded at a certain price or under certain conditions; "The stock traded around $20 a share"
a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck
the flared opening of a tubular device
the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"
United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922)
English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961)
a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905)
the shape of a bell
(nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.
a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
fear resulting from the awareness of danger
warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"
shopping at a market; "does the weekly marketing at the supermarket"
the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service; "most companies have a manager in charge of marketing"