marketplace

Or mar·ket place

[mahr-kit-pleys]

noun

1. an open area in a town where a market is held.

2. the commercial world; the realm of business, trade, and economics.

3. any sphere considered as a place where ideas, thoughts, artistic creations, etc., compete for recognition.

marketplace

/ ˈmɑːkɪtˌpleɪs /

noun

1. a place where a public market is held

2. any centre where ideas, opinions, etc, are exchanged

3. the commercial world of buying and selling

Word History and Origins

Origin of marketplace¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; market, place

Example Sentences

The marketplace is part of a broader strategy to integrate linear TV with streaming, which has slowed the company’s video subscriber losses.

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The cryptocurrency marketplace on Thursday posted a profit of $437.1 million, or $1.50 a share, in the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with $75.5 million, or 28 cents a share, a year earlier.

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Health insurers that sell policies on the Affordable Care Act marketplace, also known as Obamacare, are charging 26% more on average next year, according to nonprofit research group KFF.

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When Fox was tangling with YouTube TV in August, Fox said Google “continually exploits its outsized influence by proposing terms that are out of step with the marketplace.”

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"For a major Korean beauty brand, which I cannot disclose, we recently conducted 29 test purchases across major US marketplaces," he says.

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