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gray market

gray market is the US standard spelling of grey market.

Meaning of grey market

Noun

grey market (plural grey markets)

  1. The buying and selling of goods through distribution channels other than those authorized or intended by the manufacturer or producer.
    • The shortages have given rise to a grey market last seen shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union. According to Novaya Gazeta Europe, petrol is now openly advertised on Telegram and the marketplace website Avito, with sellers in Russian-occupied Crimea offering to deliver fuel by taxi within four...2026 July 7, Pjotr Sauer, “Russian cities feel the pinch amid worsening fuel shortages”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    parallel market
  2. The trading of shares before they are listed on the stock exchange.

Forms of gray market

pluralgray markets

Questions about gray market

What is gray market the US standard spelling of?
Gray market is the US standard spelling of grey market.

Words near gray market in the dictionary

  1. gray langurs
  2. gray literature
  3. gray magic
  4. gray magick
  5. gray man
  6. gray market
  7. gray marketeer
  8. gray marketeers
  9. gray markets
  10. gray matter
  11. gray men

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