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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.
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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
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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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

mart 
"market," 1436, from M.Du. marct, from L. mercatus "trade" (see market).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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