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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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