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.

mart

²

[ mahrt ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.

1. a cow or ox fattened for slaughter.

mart

/ mɑːt /

noun

1. a market or trading centre

Word History and Origins

Origin of mart¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle Dutch mar ( c ) t market

Origin of mart²

1300–50; Middle English < Scots Gaelic; compare MIr mart ox or cow slaughtered for meat, carcass, hence a live ox or cow

Word History and Origins

Origin of mart¹

C15: from Middle Dutch mart market

Example Sentences

“It’s a high and it’s excitement,” said Jon Shapiro, 48, who arrived at 2:30 a.m. to be first in line at a recent Pop Mart release in Century City.

From Los Angeles Times

But for some reason, Pop Mart got me.

From Los Angeles Times

Every few Fridays, in the middle of the night, a line forms outside the Pop Mart store at Westfield Century City.

From Los Angeles Times

They insist her boyfriend is a look-alike figure named Zimomo, but Pop Mart denies the relationship.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s a sudden and astonishing ascent for an ugly-cute character that debuted nearly a decade ago, and fortuitous timing for Pop Mart as it makes a major push into the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• bazaar
• emporium