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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Alternatively, dominant platforms like Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts—owned by U.S. tech giants Meta and Google—could absorb TikTok's market share, given their strong foothold in the United States. Cherie Brooke Luo, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025 Outside of China, Honor’s market share hit 2.3% in 2024, compared to under 1% in 2020. Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025 While Apple remained tied with Oppo and Honor with a 15 percent market share, it was outpaced in shipments by domestic companies Vivo and Huawei, which led with 17 percent and 16 percent, respectively. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 Counterpoint pegs Xiaomi at 14 percent market share for the year, catching up to Apple’s 18 percent. Dominic Preston, The Verge, 15 Jan. 2025 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 20 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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