mar|ket|place

mar|ket|place
market place, or mar|ket|place «MAHR kiht PLAYS», noun.
1. the place where a market is held, usually an open space or a square in a town: »

In open market place produced they me, To be a public spectacle to all (Shakespeare).

2. the world of commerce: »

“The inexorable law of the market place,” he argued, “is that a business which cannot compete, cannot survive” (Wall Street Journal).


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