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Definition of Marketplace
1. Noun. The world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold. "They were driven from the marketplace"
Generic synonyms: Activity
Terms within: Business, Business Enterprise, Commercial Enterprise
Specialized synonyms: Black Market, Buyer's Market, Buyers' Market, Soft Market, Gray Market, Grey Market, Seller's Market, Sellers' Market, Labor Market, Monopoly, Monopsony, Oligopoly
Derivative terms: Market, Market
2. Noun. An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up.
Specialized synonyms: Agora, Public Square, Bazaar, Bazar, Food Market, Grocery, Grocery Store, Market, Market Square, Open-air Market, Open-air Marketplace, Slave Market, Agora
Generic synonyms: Mercantile Establishment, Outlet, Retail Store, Sales Outlet
Definition of Marketplace
1. Noun. An open area in a town housing a public market. ¹
2. Noun. The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates. ¹
3. Noun. (by extension) The world of commerce and trade. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marketplace
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marketplace
Literary usage of Marketplace
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Problems Surrounding the Mortgage Origination Process: Congressional Hearing edited by Lauch Faircloth, Connie Mack (2000)
"A tripling of the foreclosure rate in 15 years is an indication that the mortgage
marketplace is working against the maintenance of homeownership. ..."
2. Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics (1994)
"I marketplace Exchange _ The fate of virtually every high-technology product
during marketplace exchange is affected by measurements. ..."
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