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blackmarket

blackmarket is the alternative spelling of black market.

Meaning of black market

Noun

black market (plural black markets)

  1. (idiomatic) Trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing, or price controls.
    • Peace and order will not be tolerated. Start saving your cash for the black market, folks, you're gonna need it.2004, George Carlin, “THE FANATICS WILL WIN”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, page 135
  2. (collective) The people who engage in such trade, or that sector of the economy.
    • associational black market

Forms of blackmarket

pluralblackmarkets

Questions about blackmarket

What is blackmarket the alternative spelling of?
Blackmarket is the alternative spelling of black market.

Words near blackmarket in the dictionary

  1. Blackmans Bay
  2. Blackmans Flat
  3. Blackmans Point
  4. blackmark
  5. blackmarked
  6. blackmarket
  7. blackmarkets
  8. blackmarking
  9. blackmarks
  10. blackmatch
  11. blackmatches

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