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marketplace in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. 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  marketplace  market place 
  2. an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
    marketplace  market place  mart  market 
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marketplace in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) An open area in a town housing a public market.
  2. (noun) The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates.
  3. (noun) (context/by extension) The world of commerce and trade.
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