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nonmarket

nonmarket

7.0
Part of the economy that does not involve buying and selling, for example household work or public services
  • noun
  • /ˈnɒnˌmɑrkɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sector no comercial
  • The gains implied by changes in the allocation of consumers' time are linked to the home-based production of nonmarket services, not market output.
  • nonmarket production
  • nonmarket economy
  • nonmarket gains

Examples

  • Gains in nonmarket output and their contribution to welfare, though important, are best treated as a separate concept from productivity change.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Sixth, the state should be responsible for the nonmarket sectors, such as defense and education, in an overall market environment.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The big benefits are nonmarket, but these are still important, and things at the border of the market are shifting in interesting ways.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Nevertheless, the importance of nonmarket activities, the second term, has long been recognized.

    Academic text (2016)
  • There may also be changes in the flow of nonmarket ecological services when an ecosystem is modified by an invasion.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Yet it is worth remembering that welfare changes from substitution between nonmarket and market activity are not new.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Most notable was China's agreement to be considered a nonmarket economy by other WTO members.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The gains from nonmarket production using the consumer's time are conceptually distinct from the gains in market sector output.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Moreover, estimated gains in nonmarket production are too small to compensate for the loss in overall well-being from slower market sector productivity.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Many families contribute to the economy through nonmarket activities like childcare and housework.

Antonyms

1.0

The activity of buying and selling goods and services

Surface Forms

nonmarket singular
nonmarkets plural

Morphology

nonmarket = market (transparent) = non + market

Formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'non-' to 'market', indicating activities or sectors not involving markets.

Etymology

Nonmarket comes from non- ('not') and market ('a place for buying and selling'), so as a noun it means the part of the economy where goods or services are not sold, such as cooking at home, caring for family, or public schools.