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parallel market en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Synonym of grey market.
   • An online parallel market for an unlicensed weight-loss drug is being fuelled by TikTok fitness influencers and Telegram sellers, a Guardian investigation can reveal. 2025 October 11, Sarah Marsh, “TikTok influencers fuelling parallel market for unlicensed weight-loss drug”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • The parallel market in plants is growing and rare cacti are in high demand. 2025 March 10, Isabella Kaminski, “A cacti-smuggling case with a prickly end: the novel way courts are making poachers pay”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
2. A parallel money market where participants can borrow or lend to each other without passing through traditional discount houses.

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grey market