marketplace
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mar·ket·place
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Definition of marketplace
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Examples of marketplace in a Sentence
Their products must compete in the marketplace.
The company has struggled to survive in a rapidly changing marketplace.
Recent Examples on the Web
There are now online marketplaces with real-time pricing, allowing buyers and sellers to trade water with ease. — Lucas Isakowitz, Time, "How to Save the Colorado River from Climate Change and Chronic Overuse," 3 Sep. 2019 With a simple Google search, CNN found an online Saudi marketplace with cheetah listings, alongside car and mobile phone ads. — CNN, "The ultra-rich are illegally buying cheetahs as pets and it's leading to their extinction," 28 Aug. 2019 The company makes an online marketplace that connects buyers and sellers of scientific research services. — Brittany Meiling, San Diego Union-Tribune, "These 9 tech startups in San Diego are among fastest-growing in U.S.," 16 Aug. 2019 The online marketplace allows users to compare and analyze insurance plans. — oregonlive.com, "Gresham drivers rack up most driving infractions in the state, 13th most nationally," 15 Aug. 2019 Gun market: The online marketplace EBay has rules against the sale of assault rifle accessories. — Los Angeles Times, "Newsletter: Cal Inc.: No, Mr. President, China isn’t paying your tariffs. We are," 12 Aug. 2019 Upon turning 18, Brennan began looking for work, taking small jobs via Mechanical Turk, the online crowdsourcing marketplace run by Amazon. — Timothy Mclaughlin, WIRED, "The Weird, Dark History of 8chan," 6 Aug. 2019 Traditional bricks-and-mortar retailers have also been asking regulators to update antitrust policy in order to rein in Google and Amazon, which dominate the online marketplace through what the retailers say are anticompetitive practices. — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, "Justice Department launches antitrust probe into big tech," 24 July 2019 The business, which operates in the U.S., Canada and Australia, is an online marketplace that welcomes people to list their private pools for rent by the hour. — Darla Guillen Gilthorpe, Houston Chronicle, "Houstonians can now rent a private swimming pool by the hour," 11 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'marketplace.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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marketplace
noun
English Language Learners Definition of marketplace
: the economic system through which different companies compete with each other to sell their products
: a place in a town where products are bought and sold
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marketplace
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mar·ket·place
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Kids Definition of marketplace
: a location where public sales are held
marketplace
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mar·ket·place
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Legal Definition of marketplace
: the economic system through which different companies compete with each other to sell their products
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