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Mart
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- 1 A diminutive of the male given name Martin.
"He looked at me when introduced and said “Mart's boy!” 'I was in fact Martin's grandson, but didn't bother splitting hairs — […]"
- 1 A shop, a store, a market. Canada, Philippines, US, in-compounds, usually
"FedMart, Walmart, Kmart, Kwik-E-Mart"
- 2 A battle; a contest. obsolete
- 3 A marque (chiefly used in the phrase letters of mart). historical, uncountable
- 4 A head of feeder cattle or fattened cattle (usually the latter).
- 5 an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up wordnet
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- 6 A bazaar, fair, market, or marketplace.
"In that day, drovers would drive their cattle to the marts on the coast."
- 7 Salt beef. broadly
- 8 A bargain. obsolete
"Faith Gentlemen now I play a marchants part, And venture madly on a deſperate Mart."
- 1 To buy or sell in, or as in a mart. obsolete, transitive
"To sell and mart your officer for gold To undeservers."
- 2 To traffic. obsolete, transitive
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.
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.
From Latin Mārs. See Mart.
Alternative form of marque, perhaps influenced by Etymology 1 above.
Scottish English, from Middle English, from a Scottish Gaelic root, see mart (“cow prepared for killing”).
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