sellers' market
- noun
- /ˈsɛlɚz ˈmɑrkɪt/
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mercado de vendedores
Examples
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We are now poised to discuss whether it is a buyer's or a seller's market.
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In a sellers' market, buyers must act quickly to secure their desired properties before they are sold.
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Experts predict that the housing industry will remain in a sellers' market for the foreseeable future.
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During a sellers' market, sellers often receive multiple offers above their asking price.
Synonyms
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3.9
A market where more buyers want things for sale than sellers have, so sellers can ask higher prices
Antonyms
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A time when more things are for sale than people want, so people who buy can get lower prices
How Favorable
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Surface Forms
Morphology
sellers' + market
The phrase is a straightforward composition of 'sellers' (the possessive plural of seller) + 'market', signalling a market that favors sellers; a learner who knows 'seller' and 'market' can readily infer that sellers have the advantage. This possessive/compositional pattern is common across languages and in English economics vocabulary, so the sense is directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
The phrase sellers' market paints a simple image: imagine a busy market where there are more buyers than goods, so the sellers can raise prices and choose who to sell to. So, a sellers' market means 'a situation where sellers have the advantage'.