Before revision: A meet market (or meat market) is a location or activity in which people are viewed as commodities, or a business like a nightclub where people typically look for a casual sex partner.Meat market, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed., at Dictionary.com The term has, in general, evolved to mean a place or activity at which single people congregate,Going it Alone, Newsweek, vol.
After revision: The term is also used metaphorically, for example, to refer to the process of deciding which man to "buy" for a husband,Janice Lieberman and Bonnie Teller, How to Shop for a Husband: A Consumer Guide to Getting a Great Buy on a Guy, 2009, p. 82 or for finding a man to date at the grocery market.Joy Browne, Dating for Dummies, 2nd ed., 2005, p. 76A meet market (or meat market) is a location or activity in which people are viewed as commodities, or a business like a nightclub where people typically look for a casual sex partner.Meat market, The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed., at Dictionary.com The term has, in general, evolved to mean a place or activity at which single people congregate,Going it Alone, Newsweek, vol.