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- What is Latin for black market?
- What is the other name for black market?
- What is the Latin word for marketplace?
- What is the origin of the name black market?
What is Latin for black market?
Mercado negro (The Black Market)
What is the other name for black market?
A black market, underground economy, or shadow economy is a clandestine market or series of transactions that has some aspect of illegality or is characterized by noncompliance with an institutional set of rules.
What is the Latin word for marketplace?
Etymology. The term market comes from the Latin mercatus ("market place").
What is the origin of the name black market?
There are various theories as to why it is called the "black" market. These include the association of the word black with shadows and darkness, with the markets that continued to sell slaves after abolition, and the association of the color black with anarchist groups.
