D defs.my
Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

marketplace

· IPA /mˈɑrkətplˌeɪs/
01 n. an area in a town where a public market is set up; a market place; a market{2}.
  1. 1.
    an area in a town where a public market is set up; a market place; a market{2}. See: market
  2. 2.
    The commercial activity whereby good and services are exchanged; as, without competition there would be no market.
  3. 3.
    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}; as, to put one's goods on the market. See: market
Syn. mart. — Syn. -- market.