emerging market
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A relatively less-developed country or other trading region undergoing significant growth in production, consumption, or foreign investment.
noun
New and increasing demand or consumer purchasing activity (for a product or service).
Example Sentences
- "And while Brazil's Telebras and South Africa's Anglo American Corp. again rank among the world's top emerging-market groups, their market capitalizations are also down from last year."
- "Around 70% of world growth over the next few years will come from emerging markets, with China and India accounting for 40% of that growth."
- "It's been a long time since the farmers left the "farmhouses" of Delhi, but the word now describes the weekend retreats of the upper class, playgrounds on the fringes of this emerging-market city."
- "Government departments advised him to seek out new business in “emerging markets”, counsel he said was risible given the huge market on Britain’s doorstep."
- "[H]is members saw an emerging market for even more luxurious dwellings among those "who would rather pay for amenities instead of space.""
- "One year ago, when AOL and Time Warner first proposed their merger, . . . there was talk of monopolistic muscle in the emerging markets for high-speed Internet service, instant messaging and interactive television."