marketplace
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mar·ket·place

noun \ˈmär-kət-ˌplās\

Definition of MARKETPLACE

1
a : an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held
b : market <the marketplace is the interpreter of supply and demand>
2
: the world of trade or economic activity : the everyday world <a conviction that religion belongs in the marketplaceCurrent Biography>
3
: a sphere in which intangible values compete for acceptance <the marketplace of ideas>

Examples of MARKETPLACE

  1. Their products must compete in the marketplace.
  2. The company has struggled to survive in a rapidly changing marketplace.

First Known Use of MARKETPLACE

14th century

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