market, marketplace, market place
(noun) the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold; “without competition there would be no market”; “they were driven from the marketplace”
marketplace, market place, mart, market
(noun) an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
Source: WordNet® 3.1
marketplace (plural marketplaces)
An open area in a town housing a public market.
The space, actual or metaphorical, in which a market operates.
(by extension) The world of commerce and trade.
(figurative) A place or sphere for the exchange of anything, such as ideas or fashions.
Source: Wiktionary
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.