Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Marketing \Mar"ket*ing\, n.
   1. The act of selling or of purchasing in, or as in, a
      market.

   2. Articles in, or from, a market; supplies.

Market \Mar"ket\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Marketed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Marketing}.]
   To deal in a market; to buy or sell; to make bargains for
   provisions or goods.

Source : WordNet®

marketing
     n 1: the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money [syn: {selling},
           {merchandising}]
     2: the commercial processes involved in promoting and selling
        and distributing a product or service; "most companies
        have a manager in charge of marketing"
     3: shopping at a market; "does the weekly marketing at the
        supermarket"