mini-marketn.
/ˈmɪnɪˌmɑːkɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɪniˌmɑrkət/ 1. A small financial or economic market.
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1963 Times 29 May 15/2 Most of these countries have tiny internal markets—‘mini-markets’ Mr. Gates calls them.
1973 N.Y. Times 12 Sept. 73/4 What is evolving is increasing use of the ‘mini market’, an even smaller city in which distribution is carefully controlled.
1998 Business Daily (Philippines) (Electronic ed.) 27 Oct. The analyst also cited the case of one large foreign fund who missed out on the earlier part of the mini-market rally last week.
2. Originally U.S. A small shop or supermarket, esp. one which stays open late and sells basic food items.
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1976 Business Week (Nexis) 16 Feb. 36 b Each of ARCO's 11 ‘minimarkets’, or convenience stores is tended by the cashier who operates the self-service station.
1989 Caravan, Motorcaravan & Camping July 99/1 The licensed mini-market stocks a comprehensive range of goods—frozen, tinned and fresh, milk, newspapers, bread and cakes.
1999 Leicester Mail (Electronic ed.) 10 June A minimarket piled high with a wide selection of groceries.
3. A fund-raising event at which volunteers sell home-made goods, bric-a-brac, etc.
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society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > [noun] > bazaar, jumble sale, or sale of work
bazaar1807
fair1826
fête1830
festival1843
church fair1844
sale of work1859
rummage sale1890
jumble-sale1898
jumble1931
mini-market1976
1976 Burnham-on-Sea Gaz. 20 Apr. 24/3 Members were told by their president, Mrs Passmore, of the splendid result of the mini-market held in the village hall.
1998 S. Wales Evening Post (Nexis) 12 Mar. 7 Fund-raising begins on Saturday with a mini-market at Cwmamman Community Centre between 10am and 3pm.
2000 Bath Chron. (Electronic ed.) 16 May Christian Aid is holding a mini market..in Keynsham's Baptist Church Hall.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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