marketplace

mar·ket·place

M0114200 (mär′kĭt-plās′)n.1. An open area or square in a town where a public market or sale is set up.2. The world of business and commerce.3. A situation or place in which values, opinions, and ideas are put forward for debate or recognition: a marketplace for new ideas; the literary marketplace.

marketplace

(ˈmɑːkɪtˌpleɪs) n1. (Human Geography) a place where a public market is held2. any centre where ideas, opinions, etc, are exchanged3. (Commerce) the commercial world of buying and selling

mar•ket•place

(ˈmɑr kɪtˌpleɪs)

n. 1. an open area in a town where a market is held. 2. the world of business, trade, and economics.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	marketplace - 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"market, market placeactivity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"black market - an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controlsbuyer's market, buyers' market, soft market - a market in which more people want to sell than want to buygray market, grey market - an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agencyseller's market, sellers' market - a market in which more people want to buy than want to selllabor market - the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workersmonopoly - (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller; "a monopoly on silver"; "when you have a monopoly you can ask any price you like"monopsony - (economics) a market in which goods or services are offered by several sellers but there is only one buyeroligopoly - (economics) a market in which control over the supply of a commodity is in the hands of a small number of producers and each one can influence prices and affect competitors
	2.	marketplace - an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set upmarket place, mart, marketpublic square, agora - a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greecebazar, bazaar - a street of small shops (especially in Orient)food market, grocery, grocery store, market - a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store included a meat market"mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goodsmarket square, open-air market, open-air marketplace - a public marketplace where food and merchandise is soldslave market - a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War)agora - the marketplace in ancient Greece

Translations

商场

marketplace

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