marketplace

mar·ket·place  (märkt-pls)

n.

1. An open area or square in a town where a public market or sale is set up.

2. The world of business and commerce.

3. A situation or place in which values, opinions, and ideas are put forward for debate or recognition: a marketplace for new ideas; the literary marketplace.

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marketplace

Noun

1. a place where a public market is held

2. the commercial world of buying and selling

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	marketplace - the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace" market, market place activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" black market - an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls buyer's market, buyers' market, soft market - a market in which more people want to sell than want to buy gray market, grey market - an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency seller's market, sellers' market - a market in which more people want to buy than want to sell labor market - the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers monopoly - (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller; "a monopoly on silver"; "when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like" monopsony - (economics) a market in which goods or services are offered by several sellers but there is only one buyer oligopoly - (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors
	2.	marketplace - an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up market place, mart, market public square, agora - a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece bazar, bazaar - a street of small shops (especially in Orient) food market, grocery, grocery store, market - a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market" mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goods market square, open-air market, open-air marketplace - a public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold slave market - a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War) agora - the marketplace in ancient Greece

Translations

marketplace [ˈmɑːkɪtpleɪs] n → mercado

marketplace [ˈmɑːkɪtpleɪs] market n → place f du marché;

(Comm) → marché m

marketplace [ˈmɑːkɪtpleɪs] market n → Marktplatz m;

(Comm) → Markt m

marketplace [ˈmɑːkɪtpleɪs] n → (piazza del) mercato (= world of trade); piazza, mercato