Main Entry: mar·ket·place

Pronunciation: \ˈmär-kət-ˌplās\

Function: noun

Date: 14th century

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 marketplace — Current Biography>
3 : a sphere in which intangible values compete for acceptance <the marketplace of ideas>