marketplace

noun

mar·​ket·​place ˈmär-kət-ˌplās 

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

3

: a sphere in which intangible values compete for acceptance

the marketplace of ideas

Synonyms of marketplace

• commerce
• trade
• traffic

Examples of marketplace in a Sentence

Their products must compete in the marketplace.

The company has struggled to survive in a rapidly changing marketplace.

Recent Examples on the Web

Matt Carey wrote this preview of Sunny Side of the Doc, the international documentary marketplace held in La Rochelle, France, ahead of its 37th edition. —Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 June 2026

According to the cryptocurrency news website BeIn Crypto, on the first day the marketplace opened, a user offered 10,000 Solana — about $690,000 at the time — to someone who would film their suicide. —T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 12 June 2026

Never underestimate the power of the commercial marketplace and its role in commercial exploration. —Leonard David, Space.com, 12 June 2026

Last month, the service confirmed that Saronic was among seven companies selected for its MUSV marketplace initiative. —Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for marketplace

• aerospace
• anatase
• anyplace
• commonplace
• cyberspace
• database
• diabase
• diastase
• dnase
• elastase
• fireplace
• hyperspace

Kids Definition

marketplace

noun

mar·​ket·​place ˈmär-kət-ˌplās 

1

: an open square or place in a town where markets are held

2

: the world of trade

Legal Definition

marketplace

noun

mar·​ket·​place ˈmär-kət-ˌplās 

: the economic system through which different companies compete with each other to sell their products