Primary market

1. Financial markets.

A market for financial assets when those assets are first offered for sale.

For example, on the flotation of a company or the issue of a bond.

2. Loan markets.

In relation to loans, the market in which the borrowers and the original lenders deal with one another.

See also

• Bond
• Capital
• Capital instrument
• Capital market
• Financial asset
• Financial liability
• Financial markets
• Float
• Flotation
• Initial public offering
• Loan
• Market
• Money market
• Private company
• Proprietary trading
• Public company
• Secondary market
• Shallow discount bond