test market
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test market
a MARKET encompassing a limited geographical area that firms use to market new products as a means of testing consumer response before engaging in full-scale production and mass national marketing of those products. See also NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE.Collins Dictionary of Economics, 4th ed. © C. Pass, B. Lowes, L. Davies 2005