marketplace

n.	1.	an area in a town where a public market is set up; a market place; a market{2}.
	2.	The commercial activity whereby good and services are exchanged; as, without competition there would be no market.
	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.

Noun	1.	marketplace - 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" Synonyms: market
	2.	marketplace - an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up Synonyms: mart

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