Added 9 October 2026 marketplace noun Categories: ActionsThingsUncommon Words In Latin: forum, mercātus Wiktionary noun ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about marketplace at Wordnik → Where our words come from → An open area in a town housing a public market. The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates. Some high-street retailers were slow to enter the new digital marketplace of the Internet. The world of commerce and trade. Origin From market + place. From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA) Related Words: martmarketmarketingportalcrossroadsworktradingproducttradeagorabusinessprocurement Back to today's word