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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

marketplace

/ˈmɑɹkətˌpleɪs/

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What does marketplace mean?

noun

  1. An open area in a town housing a public market.
  2. The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates.
  3. The world of commerce and trade.
More meanings (1)

noun

  1. (figuratively) A place or sphere for the exchange of anything, such as ideas or fashions.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈmɑɹkətˌpleɪs/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈmɑɹkɪtˌpleɪs/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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And now that we're engaged you seem to desire that our first tte- occur in the Marketplace!
Arthur Sullivan; W. S. (William Schwenck) GilbertThe Complete Plays of Gilbert and SullivanProject Gutenberg ebook #808
The marketplace gives an excellent indicator of the difference between their crude compost and the worm casts.
Steve SolomonOrganic Gardener's CompostingProject Gutenberg ebook #4342
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I have been i’ th’ marketplace; and, sir, ’tis fit You make strong party or defend yourself By calmness or by absence.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
When he was thirty years of age, Cleomenes, king of the Lacedaemonians, surprised Megalopolis by night, forced the guards, broke in, and seized the marketplace.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
The economy is market oriented with most decisions made by private individuals and business firms and with government purchases of goods and services made predominantly in the marketplace.
United States. Central Intelligence AgencyThe 1992 CIA World FactbookProject Gutenberg ebook #48