primary market

English

Noun

primary market (plural primary markets)

1. (finance) The part of the financial markets that deals with the issuance of new securities.
2. (art) Works of art directly bought from the artist.
   • 2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN:

     The primary market is art directly from the artist, offered for sale for the first time.

Coordinate terms

• secondary market

Translations

part of the financial markets

• Czech: primární trh m
• Finnish: ensimarkkina