Words / B2

MAHK-itpl-ays/ˈmɑːkɪtpleɪs/

A marketplace is the world of buying and selling, or a physical market square: the jobs marketplace; a crowded marketplace. Market is the wider twin (already in the dictionary); shop is a single store. A crowd is not a sampling frame. Mix-up: marking is scoring; marketplace vs supermarket. Do not write marketplace for a single till.

Meaning

The world of buying and selling; also a physical market square.

Examples

• “A crowded marketplace is not a sampling frame for the survey.”
• “An online marketplace featured in the business case, which is the platform sense.”

Good to know

the marketplace; an online / jobs marketplace. Wider: market. Trap: marking / a single shop. Business, geography, and methods. Trade arena or square, not one till.

Near in meaning

market

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