mart

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shop, a store, a market.
  2. A bazaar, fair, market, or marketplace.
  3. A bargain.
verb
  1. To buy or sell in, or as in a mart.
  2. To traffic.
noun
  1. A battle; a contest.
noun
  1. A marque (chiefly used in the phrase letters of mart).
noun
  1. A head of feeder cattle or fattened cattle (usually the latter).
  2. Salt beef.
name
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Martin.

Pronunciation

märt /mɑɹt/ /mɑːt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-mart.wav

Word forms

mart marts marting marted

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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