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educe, devalue, devaluate, cut, slash, discount: We marked
down the prices for a quick sale. 16 mark up. a See 10, above.
b increase, raise, hike, up: Prices were marked up to keep pace
with inflation.
marked adj. noticeable, conspicuous, decided, pronounced,
considerable, remarkable, significant, signal, unmistakable or
unmistakeable, prominent, obvious, patent, evident, apparent:
There is a marked improvement in your work.
market n. 1 market-place, exchange, Stock Exchange: There are some
excellent buys on the market. 2 shop, store, bazaar,
supermarket, Chiefly US superstore: If you are going to the
market, please buy some milk. 3 demand, customer base, call:
The market for computers is still growing rapidly.
--v. 4 sell, merchandise, retail, vend, peddle, hawk, make
available, furnish; trade (in), buy and sell, deal in: We
market these computers worldwide.
maroon v. abandon, cast away, desert, strand, forsake; isolate,
seclude: They were marooned on a desert island.
marriage n. 1 matrimony, wedlock: Their marriage has lasted over forty
years. 2 nuptials, wedding: The marriage took place at noon.
3 association, alliance, confederation, federation, affiliation,
connection, coupling, union, merger, amalgamation, integration,
Colloq hook-up: Would a marriage of the companies benefit the
shareholders?
marry v. 1 wed, join in matrimony or wedlock, become man and wife,
Colloq get hitched or spliced, tie the knot: They married and
lived happily ever after. 2 match (up), go or fit together,
fit; unite, unify, bond, weld, fuse, put together, couple, join,
link; league, affiliate, ally, amalgamate, combine: The marble
head, found in London, married perfectly with the torso, found
in Crete. The best qualities of each earlier model are married
in this new product.
marsh n. swamp, bog, fen, slough, quagmire: The marsh teems with new
life in the spring.
martial adj. 1 warlike, belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, militant: