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marketplace

 
 
/ˈmɑːkɪtpleɪs/ noun

Definition

the marketplace in business, the buying and selling of products: We have to learn to compete in the international marketplace.
[C] an area in a town where there is a market
(Definition of marketplace noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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