🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

orientado pelo mercado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: oɾjẽˈtadu ˈpelu meɾˈkadu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Market-driven/ˈmɑːr.kɪtˌdrɪv.ən/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Eles seguem uma política orientada pelo mercado."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Controlled or determined by the forces of supply and demand in a free market rather than by external regulation or planning.

    "The country successfully transitioned from a centrally planned economy to a competitive, market-driven system."
  2. 2

    Directed by the needs, preferences, and trends observed among consumers in the marketplace.

    "Our product development team adopts a strictly market-driven approach to ensure high consumer adoption."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the noun 'market' (originating from Latin 'mercatus', meaning trading or marketplace) and the past participle of 'drive' (from Old English 'drīfan', meaning to compel or urge). The compound emerged in modern economic and business discourse during the late 20th century to describe systems, economies, or corporate strategies controlled primarily by market forces such as supply and demand rather than central planning.

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