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Competitive Share

/kəmˈpɛtɪtɪv ʃɛr/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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  1. 1

    The percentage of an industry or market that a particular company or product controls.

    "Company A increased its competitive share by launching a new marketing campaign."
  2. 2

    A measure of a company's performance relative to its competitors in the same market.

    "The competitive share of the smartphone market has shifted significantly over the past year."

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The term 'competitive share' combines 'competitive', derived from the Latin 'competere', meaning 'to strive together', and 'share', from Old English 'scearu', meaning 'a portion or division'. The phrase evolved in the context of economics and business to describe the portion of a market controlled by a particular company or product.

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