Parquet meaning : A wooden floor made of parquetry. The part of a theatre between the orchestra and the parquet circle. In some European countries, the branch of the administrative government that handles prosecutions. In 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. To lay or fit such a floor.