APMO: Association of Private Market Operators
Casual: a Market Trader without a regular pitch on a Market
Demmer: a Market Trader who demonstrates their product and how it works (such as carpet cleaner) in order to make a sale
Frontage: the dimension that runs along the front of the pitch
Gaff: slang for a Market
Gear: the products a Market Trader sells
Grafter: A Market Trader who works hard to sell his products, usually by talking or shouting about what they have to offer
Hap: a Scottish and Borders term for tarpaulin
Joint: a Market Stall, typically a Market Trader's own portable Market Stall
Kipper Season: the period of slow retail trade between January and March each year
Line: the type of product a Market Trader sells
Lurker: a Market Trader who observes their Market Stall from a distance, waiting until a customer shows interest in a product
Market Charter: a document giving a market operator, generally a council or local authority, the right to collect rent on a market, normally within 6 and 2/3 miles of a defined point which prevents another market from opening in the same locality
Market Clip: a steel or plastic clip normally used to secure a tarpaulin to a Market Stall frame.
Money Apron: see Money Bag below
Money Bag: a pouch in which a Market Trader keeps their takings, usually secured around the waist or slung over the shoulder
NMTF: National Market Traders' Federation
Overhang: the roof section that extends over the front and/or rear legs of a Market Stall to provide weather protection for products and customers
Pitch: the open space from which a Market Trader sells their products
Pitcher: a Market Trader who works from a raised platform, talking or shouting about the products they have on offer, often in an entertaining way
Private Operator: a private company as opposed to a local authority which is responsible for the operation and upkeep of a Market
Pound Lines: products sold at an attractive price of £1
Punter: a customer or potential customer showing interest in buying a product
Quiet Trader: a Market Trader who waits for customers to approach their stall rather than try and the attract attention of passers by
Regular: a Market Trader with a regular pitch on a Market
Snide: illegal copies of a branded product (counterfeit)
Spieler: a Market Trader who tries to convince a customer in all manner of ways that a product is worth buying
Spook: Spook Erection, a large private market operator based in Worcestershire
Swag: cheap or small products, often referred to by wholesalers as Swag Lines
Toby: the rent for a pitch on a market
Toby Man: the person who collects the rent for a market stall pitch
Town & Country: a large private market operator based in Shropshire
