noun
Meaning 1
An open area in a town housing a public market.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: emporium
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
marketplace
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noun
Meaning 2
The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Some high-street retailers were slow to enter the new digital marketplace of the Internet.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The world of commerce and trade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A place or sphere for the exchange of anything, such as ideas or fashions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- marketplace of ideas
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- without competition there would be no market
- they were driven from the marketplace
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: market, market place
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: activity
Narrower terms: black market, buyer's market, buyers' market, soft market, grey market, gray market, seller's market, sellers' market, labor market, monopoly, monopsony, oligopoly
noun
Meaning 6
an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: market place, mart, market
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mercantile establishment, retail store, sales outlet, outlet
Narrower terms: agora, public square, bazaar, bazar, grocery store, grocery, food market, market, open-air market, open-air marketplace, market square, slave market
History
Etymology
From market + place.
Across languages
Translations
84 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: тържище (tǎržište) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Bulgarian: пазарен площад (pazaren ploštad) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Chichewa: msika — open area in a town housing a public market
- Chinese Mandarin: 草市 (cǎoshì) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Chinese Mandarin: 市井 (shìjǐng) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Chinese Mandarin: 市場 /市场 (shìchǎng) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Czech: tržiště — open area in a town housing a public market
- Danish: markedsplads — open area in a town housing a public market
- Dongxiang: baza — open area in a town housing a public market
- Esperanto: bazaro — open area in a town housing a public market
- Faroese: sølutorg — open area in a town housing a public market
- Finnish: kauppatori — open area in a town housing a public market
- Finnish: tori — open area in a town housing a public market
- French: marché — open area in a town housing a public market
- French: place du marché — open area in a town housing a public market
- Galician: mercado — open area in a town housing a public market
- Galician: praza — open area in a town housing a public market
- Galician: campo da feira — open area in a town housing a public market
- German: Marktplatz — open area in a town housing a public market
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌻 (maþl) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Ancient Greek: ἀγορά (agorá) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Hindi: हाट (hāṭ) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Hungarian: piactér — open area in a town housing a public market
- Hungarian: vásárhely — open area in a town housing a public market
- Hungarian: vásártér — open area in a town housing a public market
- Hungarian: piac — open area in a town housing a public market
- Icelandic: markaðstorg — open area in a town housing a public market
- Irish: log margaidh — open area in a town housing a public market
- Italian: mercato — open area in a town housing a public market
- Japanese: 墟市 (kyoshi) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Japanese: 草市 (sōshi) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Japanese: 市場 (ichiba) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Latin: forum — open area in a town housing a public market
- Latin: mercātus — open area in a town housing a public market
- Macedonian: пазар (pazar) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Malay: pekan — open area in a town housing a public market
- Malay: pasar — open area in a town housing a public market
- Norwegian Bokmål: markedsplass — open area in a town housing a public market
- Norwegian Bokmål: torg — open area in a town housing a public market
- Norwegian Nynorsk: marknadsplass — open area in a town housing a public market
- Norwegian Nynorsk: torg — open area in a town housing a public market
- Old Norse: kaupangr — open area in a town housing a public market
- Persian: بازار (bâzâr) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Persian: چارسوق (čârsuq) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Polish: targ — open area in a town housing a public market
- Polish: targowisko — open area in a town housing a public market
- Polish: bazar — open area in a town housing a public market
- Polish: rynek — open area in a town housing a public market
- Portuguese: mercado — open area in a town housing a public market
- Russian: ры́нок (rýnok) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Russian: база́р (bazár) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Serbo-Croatian: tržnica — open area in a town housing a public market
- Spanish: mercado — open area in a town housing a public market
- Swedish: marknadsplats — open area in a town housing a public market
- Tok Pisin: bungples — open area in a town housing a public market
- Ottoman Turkish: بازار (bazar) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Ottoman Turkish: سوق (suk) — open area in a town housing a public market
- Finnish: markkinapaikka — space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates
- French: marché — space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates
- French: place du marché — space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates
- French: marketplace — space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates
- German: Marktplatz — space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates
- Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌻 (maþl) — space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates
- Hungarian: piac — space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates
- Indonesian: lokapasar — space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates
- Latin: macellum — space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates
- Polish: rynek — space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates
- Russian: ры́ночная пло́щадь (rýnočnaja plóščadʹ) — space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates
- Russian: база́рная пло́щадь (bazárnaja plóščadʹ) — space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates
- Sanskrit: पण्यशाला (paṇyaśālā) — space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates
- Swedish: marknad — space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates
- Tok Pisin: bungples — space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates
- Ottoman Turkish: سوق (suk) — space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates
- Finnish: markkinat — the world of commerce and trade
- French: marché — the world of commerce and trade
- German: Marktplatz — the world of commerce and trade
- Indonesian: lokapasar — the world of commerce and trade
- Macedonian: тр́говија (tŕgovija) — the world of commerce and trade
- Persian: بازار (bâzâr) — the world of commerce and trade
- Polish: rynek — the world of commerce and trade
- Russian: ры́нок (rýnok) — the world of commerce and trade
- Swedish: marknad — the world of commerce and trade
- Finnish: markkinapaikka — figurative:place or sphere for the exchange of anything
- Polish: rynek — figurative:place or sphere for the exchange of anything
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