MEANING
A place where goods are offered and exchanged, especially a public market area.
Use it for
Face-to-face commerce; public exchange; local meeting routinesLet buying and selling generate movement and incidental contact.
Words that belong together
- crowded marketplace
- central marketplace
- village marketplace
On the page
The village marketplace doubled as a meeting place for people without telephones.
After the wholesalers left, the marketplace served mainly local households.
They agreed to meet at the marketplace before the first stalls opened.
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Word forms
- Base
- marketplace
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Selected physical trading-place sense; abstract commercial arena and online platform are additional modern senses. More functional than a square, which need not host trade. Plural: marketplaces. No other inflection applies to this noun.
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