Meanings
plural market places
- alternativeAlternative form of marketplace.
It was market day at Sidi Aissa, and the numberless caravans of camels coming in from the desert, and the crowds of bickering Arabs in the market place, filled Tarzan with a consuming desire to remain for a day that he might see more of these sons of the desert.
1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Dancing Girl of Sidi Aissa”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 90
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
nounthe world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
market place. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/market%20place
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