MARKETPLACE


Meaning of MARKETPLACE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmär-kət-ˌplās ]

noun

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held

b. : market

the marketplace is the interpreter of supply and demand

2. : the world of trade or economic activity : the everyday world

a conviction that religion belongs in the marketplace — Current Biography

3. : a sphere in which intangible values compete for acceptance

the marketplace of ideas

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.