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educe, devalue, devaluate, cut, slash, discount: We marked<br />

down the prices for a quick sale. 16 mark up. a See 10, above.<br />

b increase, raise, hike, up: Prices were marked up to keep pace<br />

with inflation.<br />

marked adj. noticeable, conspicuous, decided, pronounced,<br />

considerable, remarkable, significant, signal, unmistakable or<br />

unmistakeable, prominent, obvious, patent, evident, apparent:<br />

There is a marked improvement in your work.<br />

market n. 1 market-place, exchange, Stock Exchange: There are some<br />

excellent buys on the market. 2 shop, store, bazaar,<br />

supermarket, Chiefly US superstore: If you are going to the<br />

market, please buy some milk. 3 demand, customer base, call:<br />

The market for computers is still growing rapidly.<br />

--v. 4 sell, merchandise, retail, vend, peddle, hawk, make<br />

available, furnish; trade (in), buy and sell, deal in: We<br />

market these computers worldwide.<br />

maroon v. abandon, cast away, desert, strand, forsake; isolate,<br />

seclude: They were marooned on a desert island.<br />

marriage n. 1 matrimony, wedlock: Their marriage has lasted over forty<br />

years. 2 nuptials, wedding: The marriage took place at noon.<br />

3 association, alliance, confederation, federation, affiliation,<br />

connection, coupling, union, merger, amalgamation, integration,<br />

Colloq hook-up: Would a marriage of the companies benefit the<br />

shareholders?<br />

marry v. 1 wed, join in matrimony or wedlock, become man and wife,<br />

Colloq get hitched or spliced, tie the knot: They married and<br />

lived happily ever after. 2 match (up), go or fit together,<br />

fit; unite, unify, bond, weld, fuse, put together, couple, join,<br />

link; league, affiliate, ally, amalgamate, combine: The marble<br />

head, found in London, married perfectly with the torso, found<br />

in Crete. The best qualities of each earlier model are married<br />

in this new product.<br />

marsh n. swamp, bog, fen, slough, quagmire: The marsh teems with new<br />

life in the spring.<br />

martial adj. 1 warlike, belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, militant:

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