marketplace
noun
mar·ket·place
ˈmär-kət-ˌplās 
Examples of marketplace in a Sentence
Their products must compete in the marketplace.
The company has struggled to survive in a rapidly changing marketplace.
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The leading online marketplace of instruments also dropped a new exclusive colorway of the Bumble Buzz pedal for the 10th anniversary of Jack White’s Third Man Hardware.
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Josh Chesler, SPIN, 29 Jan. 2025
Payment card companies, payment apps and online marketplaces are required to fill out Form 1099-K and send it to the IRS and the applicable taxpayer by January 31.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
All speakers, including individuals and the media, use money amassed from the economic marketplace to fund their speech, and the First Amendment protects the resulting speech.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Jan. 2025
Dozens of listings for phones and tablets equipped with the wildly popular app have since cropped up on online marketplaces.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Josh Chesler, SPIN, 29 Jan. 2025
Payment card companies, payment apps and online marketplaces are required to fill out Form 1099-K and send it to the IRS and the applicable taxpayer by January 31.
—Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
All speakers, including individuals and the media, use money amassed from the economic marketplace to fund their speech, and the First Amendment protects the resulting speech.
—Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Jan. 2025
Dozens of listings for phones and tablets equipped with the wildly popular app have since cropped up on online marketplaces.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 24 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for marketplace
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“Marketplace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marketplace. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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marketplace
noun
mar·ket·place
ˈmär-kət-ˌplās
1
: an open square or place in a town where markets are held
2
: the world of trade
Legal Definition
marketplace
noun
mar·ket·place
ˈmär-kət-ˌplās
: the economic system through which different companies compete with each other to sell their products
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