market force
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Noun[edit]
market force (plural market forces)
- (chiefly in the plural) Any factor affecting the price of, demand for, and availability of a commodity.
- 2023 September 3, Phil McNulty, “Declan Rice: The game-changing midfielder Arsenal need for title challenge”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Few players are a guarantee at £105m - an excessive fee admittedly but the result of market forces - but Rice is one and he has been demonstrating how significant he will be even as Arsenal's early-season form was tentative.
- 2023 November 1, Christian Wolmar, “Feast or famine endangers future of UK production plants”, in RAIL, number 995, page 49:
- The absence of a national rail manufacturer is the result of a long-term British phenomenon of bowing to market forces without regard for national interest.
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Further reading[edit]
- “market forces”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “market forces”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.