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marketplace

Definition

  • noun: the economic system through which different companies compete with each other to sell their products
  • noun: an open square or place in a town where 'markets' or public sales are held
  • synonyms: agora, amphitheater, arena

Examples

  • The company has struggled to survive in a rapidly changing 'marketplace'.

  • Their products must compete in the 'marketplace'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Oh, God, I feel such idiotic-- But this is how-- You know, this is how it sort of made me feel. That's what I really remember from that marketplace scene, actually. That this is her wish, and... I'm very proud of-- I don't know. How we looked after them. I'm such a dufus. JACKSON: How are you? (..)
    2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey