Question 1 · Quick check
marketplace
/mˈɑrkəˌtpleɪs/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A place or system where goods and services are bought and sold.
- 02
noun
Extra detailThe space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates.
Examples
Companies must be able to survive in the marketplace.
Please tell me where the marketplace is.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 2
- Synonyms
- 1
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsThe world of commerce and trade.
An open area in a town housing a public market.
A place or sphere for the exchange of anything, such as ideas or fashions.
More examples
In contextWhen it reaches the marketplace our product will go like hot cakes.
Some high-street retailers were slow to enter the new digital marketplace of the Internet.
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 a...
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Origin
noun
From market + place.