Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An open area or square in a town where a public market or sale is set up.
- n. The world of business and commerce.
- n. A situation or place in which values, opinions, and ideas are put forward for debate or recognition: a marketplace for new ideas; the literary marketplace.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The place in which a market is held, usually an open space in a town set apart for the holding of markets.
Wiktionary
- n. An open area in a town housing a public market.
- n. The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates.
- n. by extension The world of commerce and trade.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held.
- n. an area in a town where a public market is set up; a market place; a market{2}.
- n. The commercial activity whereby good and services are exchanged.
- n. The mechanism by which one finds a person to whom to sell or from whom to buy goods; the opportunity to buy and sell; a market{3}.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
- n. the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
- n. the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
- n. an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
Examples
“Don't burden taxpayers with unnecessary energy business risks: Continuing long-term subsidies for alternative energy supplies that are not sustainable in the marketplace is a misuse of valuable taxpayer funds.”
The Huffington Post: Ken Cohen: Good Energy Policy Makes For Good Economic Policy
“Another popular name in the marketplace is the Atlanta Thrashers 'Bobby Holik, a wide-bodied center with a reputation for being at his best in the postseason.”
“Correcting that imbalance in the marketplace is the whole point of Bush 'proposal.”
“Among innovative Sharp products being readied for the marketplace is a mini generator relying on solar-energy that the company says will enable households to cut their annual energy costs by up to 60%.”
“Based on what I read here, the marketplace is the ultimate good.”
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“GROSS: It ` s what we call the marketplace of ideas, as Justice Holmes said.”
“Inside the marketplace is a wide central aisle, space that in an American shopping center would be given over to booths selling sunglasses and caps with sports-team logos.”
“I am confident that the marketplace is the best arbiter of economic value in our society.”
“You advise borrowers of various leanings, the consequence of certain actions in the marketplace, the constraints of the marketplace, and, of course, the marketplace is the ultimate discipline as to how well one conducts their affairs.”
North to Canada: An American Investment Banker Looks At Canada Today
“I may have less eliteness in the workplace but the marketplace is where I'm the entrepreneur.”
The Value of a College Education, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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