Marketplace

Quick meaning: Marketplace is a noun meaning An open area in a town housing a public market.

Meaning

An open area in a town housing a public market.

More Meanings

1. The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates.
2. (by extension) The world of commerce and trade.
3. (figurative) A place or sphere for the exchange of anything, such as ideas or fashions.

Example Sentences

marketplace of ideas

Some high-street retailers were slow to enter the new digital marketplace of the Internet.

While political theory frequently appears condemned to nostalgic reflection, cultural studies often dulls its critical edge in the never-ending stampede to document the newest styles and counterstyles of the cultural marketplace.

So I have seen this controversy from both sides, and I truly believe that the most important factor is the preservation of the Internet's potential for becoming the new neutral marketplace of ideas that is so needed for the revitalization of American democracy.

Word Forms

• marketplaces
• market place
• market-place

Synonyms for marketplace

Depending on context, synonyms include emporium, market, mart.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mart, market, marketing, portal, crossroads, work.

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