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mart

1 American  
[mahrt] / mɑrt /

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 American  
[mahrt] / mɑrt /

noun

Scot. and North England.

  1. a cow or ox fattened for slaughter.

mart British  
/ mɑːt /

noun

  1. a market or trading centre

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Etymology

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

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