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As a noun, marketing means buying and/or selling in a market (street market or market fair).
Meanings of marketing
6 meaningsverb
Present participle of market
noun
Buying and/or selling in a market (street market or market fair).
The promotion, distribution and selling of a product or service; the work of a marketer; includes market research and advertising.
“a bachelor's degree in marketing”
The exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
Similar: selling, merchandisingThe commercial processes involved in promoting and selling and distributing a product or service
“most companies have a manager in charge of marketing”
Older and rare meanings (2)
up to the 1920sarchaicShopping, going to market as a buyer.
datedAttending market as a seller.
“Marketing was a time-consuming task for truck farming families, as the round trip could take most of the day.”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).