单词 | market-like |
释义 | market-likeadj.ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > [adjective] > able to be sold sellablea1382 vendiblec1384 vendablec1400 sale-worthyc1440 market-like1473 sale-worth1481 venable1507 saleable1530 marketable1577 utterable1581 chapmanable1594 selling1770 tenderable1868 1473 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 171 Tha payand tharof ȝerly..iijxii of caponys or ijxii of caponys and ijxii of kok and hen sufficiand and merkat lyk. 1490 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 600 Of the quhilk viij chalder five salbe of gud sufficient qwheit & thre of meill gud & markat lyk. a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) 59185 Thairfoir as now me think it is nocht meit With thame my storie for to intertryik Without sum thing that tha war mercatlike. 2. Economics. That resembles or imitates the actions of the market. ΚΠ 1971 Rev. Econ. Stud. 38 281 The difficulties that can arise when a market-like procedure is operated in an environment containing increasing returns are well-known. 1983 Econ. Jrnl. 93 123 Enforcement has market-like properties that have not and cannot be fully accounted for by present economic theories of regulation. 1994 W. Ranade Future for NHS? (BNC) 65 Introducing market-like mechanisms into a planned system of health care was never going to be easy. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1473 |
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