premarket

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adjective

Prior to a product's official market release

“premarket testing”

OriginEnglish market ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
UncommonScrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectivepremarket (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebusinessPrior to a product's official market release

    premarket testing

nounpremarket (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebusinessThe informal market in stocks and other securities, held before the official markets open

    Stocks are up in premarket trading this morning.

    1 more example

    If you are relatively inexperienced, have little training, and are learning how to play a number of potential situations that can arise during the premarket, I advise you to first remain on the sidelines, to let the real trend emerge before attacking.

    2004, John Netto, One Shot One Kill Trading, →ISBN, pages 181–182

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishmarket
  10. Englishpremarket

From pre- + market.

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APA

premarket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premarket

MLA

“premarket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premarket. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “premarket,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/premarket.

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