Mart Definition

märt
noun
A market, or trading center.
Webster's New World
A place where goods are sold; a store.
American Heritage
A fair.
Webster's New World
Buying and selling; bargaining.
Webster's New World
A bargain.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
abbreviation
Martinique.
American Heritage
verb

(obsolete) To buy or sell in, or as in a mart.

Wiktionary

(obsolete) To traffic.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Mart

Noun

Singular:
mart
Plural:
marts

Origin of Mart

  • Middle English probably from Middle Flemish from Vulgar Latin marcātus market

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Ultimately from Latin mercatus; see market.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin Mars (stem Mart-).

    From Wiktionary

Mart Sentence Examples

  • We learn that at this time it was the great mart of slaves.

  • It is the chief mart in the empire for resin and palm-oil.

  • These figures point to the fact that London is essentially a mart, and neither is itself, nor is the especial outlet for, a large manufacturing centre; hence imports greatly exceed exports.

  • But as the city became the recognized mart for exchange of goods between east and west, the freedom of the western outlet assumed the aspect of a paramount question.

  • This included the abattoir operated by Orkney Meat, Orkney Auction Mart and the new Orkney Cheese creamery.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAR

Words Ending With

TRTART

Unscrambles

mart

Words Starting With M and Ending With T

Starts With M & Ends With TStarts With MA & Ends With TStarts With M & Ends With RT

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With M4 Letter Words Ending With T