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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Demands for the iPhone in China is also expected to grow in 2026, as the firm continues its recent bid to recapture market share in the region, Terranova noted. Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025 As the indie music sector continues to grow — half of Spotify’s royalties went out to independent artists last year, the company said in March — expect music companies, ever-hungry for more market share, to keep targeting the distros. Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025 In 2026, a number of new export facilities on the US Gulf Coast will come online or ramp up, competing with new terminals in Australia, Qatar, and elsewhere for market share that — in China and Europe at least — has already started to flatten. Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 30 Dec. 2025 Britannica has been losing market share since 1993, when Microsoft released its digital encyclopedia, Encarta. Louis Menand, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 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 1 Jan. 2026.

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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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