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market·place (-plās′)

noun

  1. a place, esp. an open place, where goods are offered for sale
  2. the world of trade, business, economic affairs, etc.: often used figuratively the marketplace of ideas

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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