marketeer
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4.2
- noun
- /mɑrˈkɪtɪr/
- UK
- But this makes too much sense and not enough money for the black marketeers and the tax collectors.
Examples
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The local marketeer set up her stall early to attract customers at the weekend market.
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Look at Revolution Square in Bucharest now, with its shining advertisements and busy traffic, with its beggars and black marketeers, and its student crowd drifting without a cause.
Academic text (2010) -
The DEA itself is an illegal government entity sponsored by an elite group of behind-the-scenes terrorists who play both sides of the street, making big bucks from both the taxpayers and the black marketeers while sustaining an equally illegal monopoly for the liquor makers.
Blog text (4) -
Every Sunday, the marketeer sells fresh fruits and vegetables from her stand in the town square.
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At the annual fair, a marketeer displayed handmade crafts and homemade jams for visitors to buy.
Synonyms
298
1.0
A person who sells things in shops or to customers
217
2.4
A shop or company that sells goods to people for home use
195
2.1
A person or company that buys and sells things to make money
190
2.0
A person or company that sells things, for example at a market
184
1.0
A person or company that offers goods for money
173
2.1
A person or company that buys and sells goods, often in shops
89
3.5
A person who helps companies sell products or services
42
2.2
A person who sells things for a store or company
34
1.6
A person or business that sells to customers
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5.7
A person who travels to sell small goods in streets or markets
9
3.7
A person or business that buys goods to sell to others for profit
7
4.4
A person who sells fish in a shop or market
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7.4
A person who sells goods in the street or at markets
3
4.5
A person or company that buys and sells goods in shops
2
2.4
A person who works in a store and helps customers buy things
1
7.4
A person or shop that sells cheese
1
4.9
A person who sells newspapers on the street
1
6.1
A shop or company that has and sells goods of a particular brand
1
9.9
A person who sells fruit and vegetables from a cart in the street
1
2.8
A person or company that sells goods to people in small amounts for them to use
1
9.7
A person who travels with a box to sell goods
1
3.7
A person who runs a shop that sells goods or services
1
9.5
A person who sells fruit from a shop or stall
1
3.0
A person or business that buys and sells grains like wheat
1
9.9
A person who travels to sell goods, often in markets or at fairs
1
8.2
A person who sells fruit and vegetables from a street stall
1
9.9
A person who sells small items in markets, often moving from place to place and bargaining
1
8.1
A person or company that buys, sells, and moves goods
1
6.0
A person who sells goods from a market stall
1
3.5
A person who buys and sells goods in a shop or market
A person who runs a market stall or shop and sells goods to customers
Compounds
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Morphology
Etymology
Marketeer comes from market ('a place to buy and sell') and the ending -eer, so it originally named a person who works at a market stall. That's why a marketeer can be someone who sells goods in a public market.