bazaar.

1. A market or market district with many vendors, especially in parts of the Middle East and Asia.

2. A sale or fair organized to raise money, often for charity.

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Words that belong together

• busy bazaar
• covered bazaar
• charity bazaar

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She crossed the bazaar each morning to greet the vendors her father had supplied.

The covered bazaar offered repairs, groceries, and a place to exchange news.

Parents organized a charity bazaar in the school grounds.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Also a fundraising sale. Do not use it merely to make an ordinary setting sound exotic; vendors, regular use, and local context matter. Plural: bazaars. No other inflection applies to this noun.