marketplace
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marketplace
Where it comes from
From market + place. Displaced native Old English ċēapstōw, literally "cheap-stow".
noun marketplaces · market place · market-place
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An open area in a town housing a public market.
Similar: emporium
- The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates. Some high-street retailers were slow to enter the new digital marketplace of the Internet.
- The world of commerce and trade. Endorsing the liberal anti-interventionist credo that the marketplace should act as the "site of verification," the advocates of white lead opposed government intervention for the sake of open economic competition, which they claimed revealed its true value and thus should be the sole determinant: "
- A place or sphere for the exchange of anything, such as ideas or fashions. marketplace of ideas
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mart, market, marketing, portal, crossroads, work, trading, product, trade, agora, business, procurement, commercialization, stepped, sale, scholarship
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noun open area in a town housing a public market
| Español | mercado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 墟市 kyoshi, 草市 sōshi, 市場 ichiba |
| 中文 | 草市 cǎoshì, 市井 shìjǐng, 市場 /市场 shìchǎng |
| हिन्दी | हाट hāṭ |
| Português | mercado |
| Français | marché, place du marché |
| Deutsch | Marktplatz |
| Italiano | mercato |
| Русский | ры́нок rýnok, база́р bazár, ры́ночная пло́щадь rýnočnaja plóščadʹ, база́рная пло́щадь bazárnaja plóščadʹ |
noun space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates
| Français | marché, place du marché, marketplace |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Marktplatz |
| Русский | ры́ночная пло́щадь rýnočnaja plóščadʹ, база́рная пло́щадь bazárnaja plóščadʹ |
noun the world of commerce and trade
| Français | marché |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Marktplatz |
| Русский | ры́нок rýnok |
Talk about this word "marketplace." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/marketplace. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. marketplace. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/marketplace "marketplace." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/marketplace.Cite this
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title = {marketplace},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/marketplace},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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