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Definition of "marketing" []

  • The act or process of buying and selling in a market. (noun)
  • The commercial functions involved in transferring goods from producer to consumer. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "marketing" in a sentence
  • "Wouldn't it be cool if one of you came up with the title marketing likes best?"
  • "I have been a marketer for almost 20 years, and one of the classic mistakes in marketing is to rely too much on your own experience and preferences."
  • "Remember that most of the time, your competition in marketing is the kind of people who had NO idea there was a market for a Jesus movie to make $200 million in between JFK and LAX."