MARKETPLACE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marketplace mean? 

• MARKETPLACE (noun)
  The noun MARKETPLACE has 2 senses:

1. the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold

2. an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up

  Familiarity information: MARKETPLACE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARKETPLACE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

market; market place; marketplace

Context example:

they were driven from the marketplace

Hypernyms ("marketplace" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Meronyms (parts of "marketplace"):

business; business enterprise; commercial enterprise (the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "marketplace"):

black market (an illegal market in which goods or currencies are bought and sold in violation of rationing or controls)

buyer's market; buyers' market; soft market (a market in which more people want to sell than want to buy)

gray market; grey market (an unofficial market in which goods are bought and sold at prices lower than the official price set by a regulatory agency)

seller's market; sellers' market (a market in which more people want to buy than want to sell)

labor market (the market in which workers compete for jobs and employers compete for workers)

monopoly ((economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller)

monopsony ((economics) a market in which goods or services are offered by several sellers but there is only one buyer)

oligopoly ((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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

market; market place; marketplace; mart

Hypernyms ("marketplace" is a kind of...):

mercantile establishment; outlet; retail store; sales outlet (a place of business for retailing goods)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "marketplace"):

agora; public square (a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece)

bazaar; bazar (a street of small shops (especially in Orient))

food market; grocery; grocery store; market (a marketplace where groceries are sold)

market square; open-air market; open-air marketplace (a public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold)

slave 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)

 Context examples 

Mars and Jupiter will team up to create news about how dearly you are valued by your company and the marketplace.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Thorpe only lashed his horse into a brisker trot; the Tilneys, who had soon ceased to look after her, were in a moment out of sight round the corner of Laura Place, and in another moment she was herself whisked into the marketplace.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

The new moon of November 26 will emphasize your second house of income too, and will also underscore your popularity in the marketplace.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

While that full moon, November 12, will be mainly about love and fun (more about that in a minute), on this day, Mars and Jupiter will team up to create news about how dearly you are valued by your company and the marketplace.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Use this date, December 27, to plant a seed, launch a new product or service, introduce your new app or blog in the marketplace, have a first date, purchase a luxurious item, sign a contract, close on a house, hire a contractor, start a new job, or something else that is meaningful to you.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)