- the gray market
- the gray market UK US noun [S] US COMMERCE, FINANCE, MARKETING► THE GREY MARKET(Cf. ↑the grey market)
Financial and business terms. 2012.
the gray market
Look at other dictionaries:
the grey market — UK US UK (US the gray market) noun [S] ► COMMERCE an unofficial but not illegal system of selling goods: »The store sells designer clothes and shoes sourced from the grey market . → Compare BLACK MARKET(Cf. ↑black market) ► FINANCE … Financial and business terms
gray market goods — Foreign manufactured goods, bearing a valid United States trademark, that are imported without the consent of the U.S. trademark holder. The gray market arises in three general contexts. In the first case, despite a domestic firm s having… … Black's law dictionary
gray market goods — Foreign manufactured goods, bearing a valid United States trademark, that are imported without the consent of the U.S. trademark holder. The gray market arises in three general contexts. In the first case, despite a domestic firm s having… … Black's law dictionary
gray market — n: a market employing irregular but not illegal methods; esp: a market that legally circumvents authorized channels of distribution to sell goods at prices lower than those intended by the manufacturer Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam … Law dictionary
gray market — n. a market, as for imported goods, operating outside the authorized system of distribution gray marketeer (or marketer) n. gray marketer … English World dictionary
gray market — noun singular or uncount 1. ) the business of secretly buying and selling goods in a way that is not illegal but is considered morally wrong 2. ) the activity of buying and selling company SHARES before they are officially available … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Gray Market — 1. An unofficial market where new issues of shares are bought and sold before they become officially available for trading on the stock exchange. 2. The sale or import of goods by unauthorized dealers. 1. Trading in gray or when issued markets… … Investment dictionary
gray market — Describes the sale of securities that have not officially been issued to firms other than the underwriting syndicate. This type of market serves as a good indicator of demand for a new issue in the public market. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
gray market — gray′ mar′ket n. 1) bus a market operating within the law in which scarce goods are sold at above market prices 2) bus the selling of goods bought at a very large discount at prices substantially below the market price … From formal English to slang
gray market — noun an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency • Syn: ↑grey market • Hypernyms: ↑market, ↑marketplace, ↑market place … Useful english dictionary
