marketplace

Meanings

Plural: marketplaces

Noun

• the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
  • "they were driven from the marketplace"
• an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
• An open area in a town housing a public market.
• The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates.
• The world of commerce and trade.
• A place or sphere for the exchange of anything, such as ideas or fashions.

Synonyms

market, market place, mart

Related Words

market square