market share

noun

: the percentage of the market for a product or service that a company supplies

Examples of market share in a Sentence

The company has gained market share in the past year. companies working to increase their market shares
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One of them — beer — is stealing market share left and right. Matthew J. Belvedere,zev Fima, CNBC, 4 Jan. 2025 Apple has been trying to regain market share in China after Huawei sales increased in recent years. Melvin Backman, Quartz, 3 Jan. 2025 That means an insurer with a 20 percent market share in the state's insurance market would have to write at least 17 percent of the policies in a high-risk area. Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024 Pictures was by a large head the biggest independent producer in Spain; Beta Fiction Spain its No. 1 Independent Distributor with a 3.3% market share, and Atresmedia Cine backed five of the Top 10 highest-grossing Spanish movies of 2024. John Hopewell, Variety, 30 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for market share 

Word History

First Known Use

1918, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of market share was in 1918

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“Market share.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/market%20share. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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market share

noun
: the percentage of the market for a product or service that a company supplies

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