marketplace
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Definition
- Noun:
- A physical location for buying and selling: A specific area, often in a town or city, where goods are openly displayed and sold by vendors.
- The arena of commercial dealings: The abstract world or system of economic activity where goods and services are exchanged, often characterized by competition.
Usage and Examples
Noun (Physical Location):
- The vibrant marketplace was filled with the smells of spices and fresh bread.
- Farmers bring their produce to the town marketplace every Saturday.
Noun (Arena of Commerce):
- New technologies are constantly emerging in the global marketplace.
- The company struggled to compete in the crowded digital marketplace.
Advanced Usage
- "the marketplace of ideas": A metaphorical arena where different opinions and philosophies are openly debated and compete for acceptance.
- The university should serve as a free marketplace of ideas.
Variants and Related Words
- Market (n): Can refer to both a physical location for trade and the commercial environment. ("She went to the fish market." / "They entered a new market.")
- Marketer (n): A person or company that promotes or sells products.
- Marketing (n): The action or business of promoting and selling products.
Synonyms
- Bazaar (n): A market, especially in the Middle East.
- Mart (n): A trading center or market.
- Commercial arena (n): The sphere of trade and business.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- "To test the marketplace": To gauge potential demand or reaction for a product or idea before a full launch.
- They released a prototype to test the marketplace.
- "Marketplace of competition": Emphasizes the competitive nature of commercial activity.
- Only the most efficient survive in the marketplace of competition.
Noun
- an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
- 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