MARKETPLACE


Meaning of MARKETPLACE in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

Etymology: Middle English, from market + place

1.

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

b. : market

aggressive competition … in a freely functioning marketplace — Harold Fleming

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

the depression sent him out into the marketplace — J.K.Hutchens

here is an educational institution that has come down … to the marketplace — Dwayne Orton

2. : a sphere in which intangible values (as ideas) compete for acceptance

the turbulent marketplace of ideas — J.M.Mathes

the marketplace of thought — Robert Bendiner

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.