K5Print Free printable worksheets for K–5

marketplace

  • noun

An open area in a town housing a public market.

Other meanings

  1. The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates.

    “Some high-street retailers were slow to enter the new digital marketplace of the Internet.”

  2. The world of commerce and trade.

Related words

  • cybermarketplace
  • nonmarketplace
  • assassination marketplace
  • darknet marketplace
  • e-marketplace
  • sexual marketplace

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “marketplace” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.