Associations to the word «Marketplace»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

MARKETPLACE, noun. 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".
MARKETPLACE, noun. An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.