Meanings
nounaftermarket (plural aftermarkets)
plural aftermarkets
- businessThe market for further goods and services, such as replacement parts and accessories, subsequent to the sale of a product such as an automobile or computer.
- businessThe industry that serves that market.
- businessTrading activity in a security immediately following its initial offering to the public.
verbaftermarket (third-person singular simple present aftermarkets, present participle aftermarketing, simple past and past participle aftermarketed)
present singular third person aftermarkets · participle present aftermarketing · participle past aftermarketed · past aftermarketed
- businessTo sell goods or services in the aftermarket.
Synonyms & antonyms
antonym(s) of “business”
Opposite
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep(o)teros
- Proto-Germanic*after
- Old Englishæfter
- Middle Englishafter
- Englishafter
- Old Englishæfter
- Old Englishæfter-
- Middle Englishafter-
- Englishafter-
- Englishmarket
- Englishaftermarket
Translations
Finnish jälkimarkkinat, jälkimarkkinat
- jälkimarkkinatmarket
- jälkimarkkinattrading activity
Italian mercato post-vendita
- mercato post-venditamarket
Portuguese aftermarket, aftermarket
- aftermarketmarket
- aftermarkettrading activity
Spanish poatmercado
- poatmercadomarket
Cite this entry
APA
aftermarket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aftermarket
MLA
“aftermarket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aftermarket. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aftermarket,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aftermarket.
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