Meaning

2 senses
  1. (idiomatic)Trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing, or price controls.

    Schwarzmarkt

    чёрный ры́нокčórnyj rýnok

    чо́рний ри́нокčórnyj rýnok

    an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls

  2. (collective)The people who engage in such trade, or that sector of the economy.

    associational black market

    Schwarzmarkt

    чёрный ры́нокčórnyj rýnok

    people who engage in illicit trade

Examples

17 sentences
  1. Did you buy it on the black market?

    Ти його купив на чорному ринку? — deniko

    ruТы купил это на черном рынке? — a5urbanipa1

    deHast du es auf dem Schwarzmarkt gekauft? — MUIRIEL

  2. Tom bought some things on the black market.

  3. I've heard that Tom buys things on the black market.

    ruЯ слышал, Том отоваривается на чёрном рынке. — marafon

    deIch habe gehört, dass Tom Sachen auf dem Schwarzmarkt kauft. — poogle

  4. I bought it on the black market.

    ruЯ купил её на чёрном рынке. — odexed

  5. I sold it on the black market.

    ruЯ продал его на чёрном рынке. — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing or price controls:
Русский
By meaning 1
trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing or price controls:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
trade that is in violation of restrictions, rationing or price controls:

Origin

Ca. 1930, probably a calque of German Schwarzmarkt, which is attested from the 1910s. Comp

Ca. 1930, probably a calque of German Schwarzmarkt, which is attested from the 1910s. Compare Schwärzer (“smuggler”, 18th c.).

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Forms

plural: black markets

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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