marketplace
noun
mar·ket·placeˈmär-kət-ˌplās 
Examples ofmarketplace in a Sentence
Their products must compete in themarketplace. The company has struggled to survive in a rapidly changingmarketplace.
Recent Examples on the WebBut the underlying rails that power payments haven’t kept pace with the fluidity of today’s digitalmarketplaces.—
Paul Marcantonio,Forbes.com, 2 July 2025More than 50 products were subject to recall notices in June, with the onlinemarketplacerevealing the details of each on its website.—Chloe Mayer,MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025Some Nintendo products remained on the site, but they were listed by independent merchants who sell their goods on Amazon’s sprawling onlinemarketplace.—Glen Luke Flanagan,Fortune, 30 June 2025The digital services tax is a 3% tax on revenue earned in the country from large onlinemarketplaceservices, online advertising services, social media services and certain sales of user data.—Ted Johnson,Deadline, 30 June 2025See All Example Sentences formarketplace
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Paul Marcantonio,Forbes.com, 2 July 2025More than 50 products were subject to recall notices in June, with the onlinemarketplacerevealing the details of each on its website.—Chloe Mayer,MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025Some Nintendo products remained on the site, but they were listed by independent merchants who sell their goods on Amazon’s sprawling onlinemarketplace.—Glen Luke Flanagan,Fortune, 30 June 2025The digital services tax is a 3% tax on revenue earned in the country from large onlinemarketplaceservices, online advertising services, social media services and certain sales of user data.—Ted Johnson,Deadline, 30 June 2025See All Example Sentences formarketplaceWord History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined atsense 1a
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The first known use ofmarketplace was in the 14th centuryRhymes formarketplace
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“Marketplace.”Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marketplace. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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marketplace
nounmar·ket·placeˈmär-kət-ˌplās
1
:an open square or place in a town where markets are held
2
:the world of trade
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marketplace
nounmar·ket·placeˈmär-kət-ˌplās
:the economic system through which different companies compete with each other to sell their products
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