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market share

noun

Etymology

From market + share.

  1. derived from *(s)ker-✻
  2. inherited from *skarō✻
  3. inherited from *skaru✻
  4. inherited from sċearu
  5. inherited from schare
  6. compounded as market share — “market + share”

Definitions

  1. The percentage of some market held by a company, country, (sub)sector or any other actor…

    The percentage of some market held by a company, country, (sub)sector or any other actor or aggregate.

    • They continued to lose market share.
    • They have increased their market share.
    • The expectations for the shuttle service that carried lorries and cars did prove more robust, but ferries have maintained a greater-than-expected market share because the sea crossing allows rest time for drivers.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA