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premarket

premarket adjective: prior to a product's official market release.

Adjective

premarket (not comparable)

  1. Prior to a product's official market release
    • premarket testing

Noun

premarket (uncountable)

  1. The informal market in stocks and other securities, held before the official markets open
    • Stocks are up in premarket trading this morning.
    • If you are relatively inexperienced, have little training, and are learning how to play a number of potential situations that can arise during the premarket, I advise you to first remain on the sidelines, to let the real trend emerge before attacking.2004, John Netto, One Shot One Kill Trading, →ISBN, pages 181–182

Origin of premarket

From pre- + market.

Questions about premarket

What does premarket mean?
Premarket means prior to a product's official market release.
What part of speech is premarket?
Premarket can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near premarket in the dictionary

  1. premarginalization
  2. Premarin
  3. premarital
  4. premaritally
  5. premarked
  6. premarket
  7. premarketing
  8. premarkup
  9. premarriage
  10. premarriages
  11. premarxist

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