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markets


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Preferred Term

markets

Details

Buildings or outdoor areas where trade is conducted, often optimized for a gathering together of people for the purchase and sale produce and livestock. Markets typically have booths or stalls for individual merchants, either in open air or under a single large roof.

Variations

markets (buildings)

houses, market

market

Broader Term

mercantile buildings

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