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mar⋅ket⋅place

   [mahr-kit-pleys]
–noun
1. an open area in a town where a market is held.
2. the commercial world; the realm of business, trade, and economics.
3. any sphere considered as a place where ideas, thoughts, artistic creations, etc., compete for recognition.
Also, market place.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see market, place
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mar·ket·place     (mär'kĭt-plās')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An open area or square in a town where a public market or sale is set up.
  2. The world of business and commerce.
  3. 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.
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marketplace

noun
1. the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; "without competition there would be no market"; "they were driven from the marketplace" [syn: market] 
2. an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up 

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