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ˈmarket-place
The place where a market is held, usually a square or wide open space in a town. Also fig.
c1386Chaucer Merch. T. 339 As who-so toke a mirour..And sette it in a commune market-place. 1503Act 19 Hen. VII, c. 6 It shall be lawful..in the Market-place to put them in the Pillory all the Market-time. 1607Shakes. Cor. i. v. 27 Go sound thy Trumpet in the Market place. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) III. 3 In the market-place..is a superb bronze statue of Urban VIII. 1847Act 10 & 11 Vict. c. 14 §14 After the Market Place or Place for Fairs is opened for public Use. 1958J. Barzun in Caplow & McGee Academic Marketplace p. v, The observers' point of departure was the current problem of mobility within the academic marketplace. 1975Times 10 Apr. 16/1 Pension schemes..tied to the earnings-related inequalities of the market-place. |