MART

marketplace, market place, mart, market

(noun) an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

mart (plural marts)

A market.

(obsolete) A bargain.

Verb

mart (third-person singular simple present marts, present participle marting, simple past and past participle marted)

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

(obsolete) To traffic.

Etymology 2

Noun

mart (plural marts)

(obsolete) Battle; contest.

(historic) Alternative form of marque (letters of mart).

Anagrams

• RATM, matr-, tarm, tram

Source: Wiktionary


Mart, n. Etym: [Contr. fr. market.]

1. A market. Where has commerce such a mart . . . as London Cowper.

2. A bargain. [Obs.] Shak.

Mart, v. t.

Definition: To buy or sell in, or as in, a mart. [Obs.] To sell and mart your officer for gold To undeservers. Shak.

Mart, v. t.

Definition: To traffic. [Obs.] Shak.

Mart, n. Etym: [See Mars.]

1. The god Mars. [Obs.]

2. Battle; contest. [Obs.] Fairfax.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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