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mart

1[mahrt]
–noun
1. market; trading center; trade center.
2. a building, center, or exposition for the sale of goods by manufacturers and wholesalers to retail merchants.
3. Archaic. a fair.
4. Obsolete. bargain.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME < MD mar(c)t market

mart

2[mahrt]
–noun Scot. and North England.
a cow or ox fattened for slaughter.

Origin:
1300–50; ME < ScotGael; cf. MIr mart ox or cow slaughtered for meat, carcass, hence a live ox or cow
mart   (märt)   
n.  
  1. A trading center; a market.
  2. A place where goods are sold; a store.
  3. Archaic A fair.

[Middle English, probably from Middle Flemish, from Vulgar Latin *marcātus; see market.]

Mart

Mart\, n. [Contr. fr. market.]

1. A market.

Where has commerce such a mart . . . as London ? --Cowper.

2. A bargain. [Obs.] --Shak.

Mart

Mart\, v. t. To buy or sell in, or as in, a mart. [Obs.]

To sell and mart your officer for gold To undeservers. --Shak.

Mart

Mart\, v. t. To traffic. [Obs.] --Shak.

Mart

Mart\, n. [See Mars.]

1. The god Mars. [Obs.]

2. Battle; contest. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
Language Translation for : mart
Spanish: marzo,
German: der Monat März,
Japanese: 三月

mart 
"market," 1436, from M.Du. marct, from L. mercatus "trade" (see market).
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