market maker

noun

A person or company who undertakes to quote at all times both a buy and a sell price for a financial instrument.

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market etymology:

> The god Mercurius was probably the god of exchange… the god's name was borrowed from Etruscan; in principle, the same is possible for the stem *merk- altogether…

> early 12c., "a meeting at a fixed time for buying and selling livestock and provisions, an occasion on which goods are publicly exposed for sale and buyers assemble to purchase

https://www.etymonline.com/word/market#etymonline_v_9626