"marketful" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: marketfuls [plural], marketsful [plural]
Etymology: market + -ful Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|market|ful|pos=noun}} market + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun|s|marketsful}} marketful (plural marketfuls or marketsful)
  1. A quantity that fills a market.
    Sense id: en-marketful-en-noun-WyZkLQQu
  2. A sufficient number of potentially interested consumers.
    Sense id: en-marketful-en-noun-0agKj66i Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English nouns suffixed with -ful Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Disambiguation of English nouns suffixed with -ful: 32 68

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1849, The Spectator - Volume 22, page 705",
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          "ref": "1957, Pacific Drug Review - Volume 69, page 49",
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          "ref": "1959, Printers' Ink - Volume 269, page 2",
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