ADJ

open-air, outdoor, street
covered, indoor
antiques, cattle, fruit and vegetable, etc.
flea (= that sells old or used goods at low prices)

VERB + MARKET

hold
The market is held on Wednesdays
go to
take sth to
They took the pigs to market

MARKET + NOUN

square
town
day

PREP

at/in a/the ~
to buy some fish at the market

ADJ

competitive
active, booming, bullish, lively, strong, thriving
bull (finance) , rising
depressed, dull, sluggish, weak
bear (finance), falling
steady
buyer's, seller's
foreign, global, international, overseas, world
domestic, home, internal, local
single
the completion of the European single market in 1992
common
economic
free
open
black (= illegal)
bond, capital, commodity, consumer, currency, export, financial, foreign exchange, futures, housing, money, product, property, securities, stock
car, computer, etc.
job, labour

VERB + MARKET

put sth on
come on/onto
A new model has come on the market
develop
break into, get into, penetrate
They're hoping to get into the Far Eastern market
capture, corner, monopolize
supply
flood
flooding the market with cheap foreign goods
lose
depress
play
an investor who knows how to play the market?and win

MARKET + VERB

open up
The Chinese market has opened up recently
boom
pick up, rally
slump
be down, be up
The market was down 15 per cent
close
The market closed weaker
open

MARKET + NOUN

price, value
conditions
leader
position, share
sector
trends

PREP

in/into a/the ~
changes in the UK market
on the ~
one of the best car deals on the market
~ in
a thriving market in second-hand cars

PHRASES

be in the market for sth (= be interested in buying sth), the bottom's dropped/fallen out of the market (= the market has collapsed), a gap in the market, the bottom/lower/top/upper end of the market

ADJ

big, good, huge, large
poor, small
expanding, growing
shrinking
ready
niche

VERB + MARKET

create
The company has created a niche market for itself

MARKET + VERB

expand, grow
shrink
collapse
bear sth
We will charge whatever the market will bear (= as much as people can be persuaded to pay)

MARKET + NOUN

segment
niche
research

PREP

~ for
the market for new cars

VERB + MARKET

leave sth to
Some services cannot be left to the market

MARKET + NOUN

forces
economy