the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold | any specific behavior |
a marketplace where groceries are sold | the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically |
an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up | an organic process that takes place in the body |
the customers for a particular product or service | a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
the securities markets in the aggregate | the state of being active |
| (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction |