"transfer market" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: transfer markets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} transfer market (plural transfer markets)
  1. (sports) The system by which players are transferred between teams, including the fees involved for teams making such transfers. Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-transfer_market-en-noun-t230peH4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (more generally) Any system, whether formal or informal, by which something is transferred between organizations and/or individuals. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-transfer_market-en-noun-v6HdSHrq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (Translations): mercato [masculine] (French), overgangsmarknad [masculine] (Norwegian Nynosrk), mercato [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 50 50

Inflected forms

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