Market is one of a variety of systems , institutions, procedures , social relations and
infrastructures in which businesses sell goods , services and labor for the people in exchange , services and labor for the people in exchange for money . Goods and services sold to use as legal tender fiat money . This activity is part of the economy . it is an arrangement that allows buyers and sellers to exchange items . Competition is very important in the market , and separate from the trading market . Two people may do the trade , but it takes at least three people to have a market , so there is competition on at least one of the two sides.Markets vary in side , range , geographic scale , location , type and variety of the human community , as well as the type of goods and services traded. Some examples include local farmers market held in the town square or parking lots , shopping centers and shopping mals, international currency and community markets, the law creating such a market for pollution permits and ilegal markets like the market for illicit drugs.