demarket

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verb

To apply marketing methods to reduce the demand for (goods or services).

“US tobacco companies have been forced to demarket tobacco products.”

OriginEnglish market ← Latin dē- ← Proto-Italic *dē →
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Meanings

verbdemarket (third-person singular simple present demarkets, present participle demarketing, simple past and past participle demarketed)

present singular third person demarkets · participle present demarketing · participle past demarketed · past demarketed

  1. transitiveTo apply marketing methods to reduce the demand for (goods or services).

    US tobacco companies have been forced to demarket tobacco products.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishmarket
  8. Englishdemarket

From de- + market.

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APA

demarket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demarket

MLA

“demarket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demarket. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “demarket,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demarket.

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