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Meaning of "crowded market"



 
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Meaning of "crowded market" #1 (permalink) Wed Jan 10, 2007 8:13 am   Meaning of "crowded market"
 

Here is a pharse in a sentence I would like to know the significance...

" It seemed so unlikely that a paper could be introduced into a crowded market."
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Meaning of "crowded market" #2 (permalink) Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:37 am   Meaning of "crowded market"
 

A crowded market is a market full of people.
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Meaning of "crowded market" #3 (permalink) Wed Jan 10, 2007 12:55 pm   Meaning of "crowded market"
 

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A 'crowded market' can also be an area of business in which there are already a lot of companies doing business (i.e. there is a lot of competition). I think this is what your sentence is referring to.
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Meaning of "crowded market" #4 (permalink) Wed Jan 10, 2007 17:08 pm   Meaning of "crowded market"
 

AKA industry saturation, market saturation, etc.
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Meaning of "crowded market" #5 (permalink) Thu Jan 11, 2007 15:13 pm   Meaning of "crowded market"
 


    Sultano's sentence makes much more sense now! Laughing If you knew the fantastic and implausible spy story I first imagined!
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