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mart

Pronunciation: /mɑɹt/

The English word “mart” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A shop, a store, a market.
  2. A bazaar, fair, market, or marketplace.
  3. A bargain.
  4. A battle; a contest.
  5. A marque (chiefly used in the phrase letters of mart).
  6. A head of feeder cattle or fattened cattle (usually the latter).
  7. Salt beef.

verb

  1. To buy or sell in, or as in a mart.
  2. To traffic.

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mart, markt (“market”) (Modern Dutch markt), from Old Dutch *markat, from Late Latin marcātus, an alternative form of Classical Latin mercātus. See market.

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