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parallel markets

parallel markets is the plural of parallel market.

Meaning of parallel market

Noun

parallel market (plural parallel markets)

  1. Synonym of grey market.
    • The parallel market in plants is growing and rare cacti are in high demand.2025 March 10, Isabella Kaminski, “A cacti-smuggling case with a prickly end: the novel way courts are making poachers pay”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    grey market
  2. A parallel money market where participants can borrow or lend to each other without passing through traditional discount houses.

Questions about parallel markets

What is parallel markets the plural of?
Parallel markets is the plural of parallel market.

Words near parallel markets in the dictionary

  1. parallel import
  2. parallel imports
  3. parallel key
  4. parallel keys
  5. parallel market
  6. parallel markets
  7. parallel motion
  8. parallel palette
  9. parallel palettes
  10. parallel park
  11. parallel parked

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