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1.nounA wooden floor made of parquetry.
2.nounThe part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle.
3.nounIn some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles prosecutions.
4.nounIn some European bourses or stock exchanges, the railed-in space within which the agents de change, or privileged brokers, conduct business; also, the business conducted by them, distinguished from the coulisse, or outside market.
5.verbTo lay or fit such a floor.