market day

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see market, day.

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Meanings

nounmarket day (plural market days)

plural market days

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see market, day.
  2. The day of the week in which a market is held in some particular location.

    Part of this section runs beneath the Glasgow Cattle Market, and lairage for livestock traffic is provided beside Bellgrove Station; trains are received from all over Scotland on market days.

    1960 January 28, G. H. Robin, “The City of Glasgow Union Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 25
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    On market days the farmers would come in before going home - Tysons and Lindsays and Birketts and Longmires and Boows and Dawsons - and their dogs would lie in heaps on the flags while they themselves supped Gerald's ale.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 60

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 集日
  • 集日 (jírì)the day of the week in which a market is held in some particular location
Dutch marktdag
  • marktdagthe day of the week in which a market is held in some particular location
Finnish toripäivä
  • toripäiväthe day of the week in which a market is held in some particular location
German Markttag
  • Markttagthe day of the week in which a market is held in some particular location
Hungarian piacnap, vásárnap
  • piacnapthe day of the week in which a market is held in some particular location
  • vásárnapthe day of the week in which a market is held in some particular location
Irish lá margaidh
  • lá margaidhthe day of the week in which a market is held in some particular location
Latin nūndina
  • nūndinathe day of the week in which a market is held in some particular location
Polish dzień handlowy, dzień targowy
  • dzień handlowythe day of the week in which a market is held in some particular location
  • dzień targowythe day of the week in which a market is held in some particular location
Scottish Gaelic latha-fèille, latha-margaidh
  • latha-fèillethe day of the week in which a market is held in some particular location
  • latha-margaidhthe day of the week in which a market is held in some particular location
Swedish torgdag
  • torgdagthe day of the week in which a market is held in some particular location
Cite this entry
APA

market day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/market%20day

MLA

“market day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/market%20day. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “market day,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/market%20day.

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