Dictionary

grey market en · NOUN

Etymology

By analogy with black market.

Meanings

1. The buying and selling of goods through distribution channels other than those authorized or intended by the manufacturer or producer.
   • The shortages have given rise to a grey market last seen shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union. According to Novaya Gazeta Europe, petrol is now openly advertised on Telegram and the marketplace website Avito, with sellers in Russian-occupied Crimea offering to deliver fuel by taxi within four hours at heavily inflated prices. 2026 July 7, Pjotr Sauer, “Russian cities feel the pinch amid worsening fuel shortages”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
2. The trading of shares before they are listed on the stock exchange.

Forms

Deriveds

grey marketeer

Relateds

grey literature

Synonyms

parallel market

Translations (7)

ga margadh liath (the trading of shares before they are listed on the stock exchange) · pl szara strefa (the buying and selling of goods through distribution channels other than those authorized or intended by the manufacturer or producer) · de Graumarkt (the trading of shares before they are listed on the stock exchange) · de Graumarkt (the buying and selling of goods through distribution channels other than those authorized or intended by the manufacturer or producer) · pl szara strefa (the trading of shares before they are listed on the stock exchange) · ga margadh liath (the buying and selling of goods through distribution channels other than those authorized or intended by the manufacturer or producer) · ro piață gri (the buying and selling of goods through distribution channels other than those authorized or intended by the manufacturer or producer)