"mart" meaning in English

See mart in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɑɹt/ [General-American], /mɑːt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-mart.wav Forms: marts [plural]
enPR: märt [General-American] Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|dum|mart}} Middle Dutch mart, {{cog|nl|markt}} Dutch markt, {{der|en|odt|*markat}} Old Dutch *markat, {{der|en|LL.|marcātus}} Late Latin marcātus, {{der|en|la|mercātus}} Latin mercātus Head templates: {{en-noun}} mart (plural marts)
  1. (Canada, US, Philippines, usually only in combination) A shop, a store, a market. Tags: Canada, Philippines, US, in-compounds, usually
    Sense id: en-mart-en-noun-M47SNN-l Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, Philippine English
  2. A bazaar, fair, market, or marketplace.
    Sense id: en-mart-en-noun-uv2hOBNX
  3. (obsolete) A bargain. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-mart-en-noun-ukgkgVFB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: data mart, D-Mart, Kris Kringle Mart, minimart
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mɑɹt/ [General-American], /mɑːt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-mart.wav Forms: marts [plural]
enPR: märt [General-American] Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t Etymology: From Latin Mārs. See Mart. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|Mārs}} Latin Mārs Head templates: {{en-noun}} mart (plural marts)
  1. (obsolete) Battle; contest. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-mart-en-noun-Q1mKzCnr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /mɑɹt/ [General-American], /mɑːt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-mart.wav
enPR: märt [General-American] Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t Etymology: Alternative form of marque, perhaps influenced by Etymology 1 above. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} mart (uncountable)
  1. (historical) Marque (chiefly used in the phrase letters of mart). Tags: historical, uncountable Related terms: counter-mart, letter of mart
    Sense id: en-mart-en-noun-juH5vSzP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: /mɑɹt/ [General-American], /mɑːt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-mart.wav Forms: marts [plural]
enPR: märt [General-American] Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t Etymology: Scottish English, from Middle English [Term?], from a Scottish Gaelic root. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm}} Middle English [Term?] Head templates: {{en-noun}} mart (plural marts)
  1. A head of feeder cattle or fattened cattle (usually the latter).
    Sense id: en-mart-en-noun-BBqXptOw
  2. (by extension, the animal or its meat) Salt beef. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-mart-en-noun-6NQjYY2x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 17 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 2 4 2 16 20 40 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 17 entries: 8 1 3 4 12 14 31 1 2 6 7 1 2 1 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 1 2 3 12 15 34 1 1 7 9 1 1 0 1 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Verb

IPA: /mɑɹt/ [General-American], /mɑːt/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-mart.wav Forms: marts [present, singular, third-person], marting [participle, present], marted [participle, past], marted [past]
enPR: märt [General-American] Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|dum|mart}} Middle Dutch mart, {{cog|nl|markt}} Dutch markt, {{der|en|odt|*markat}} Old Dutch *markat, {{der|en|LL.|marcātus}} Late Latin marcātus, {{der|en|la|mercātus}} Latin mercātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} mart (third-person singular simple present marts, present participle marting, simple past and past participle marted)
  1. (obsolete) To buy or sell in, or as in a mart. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-mart-en-verb-VQ9j1gbv
  2. (obsolete) To traffic. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-mart-en-verb-YpUAbRMi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Perhaps ſome Merchant hath inuited him, / And from the Mart he's ſomewhere gone to dinner: / Good Siſter let vs dine, and neuer fret; / A man is Maſter of his libertie:",
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          "ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 23:3:",
          "text": "And by great waters the seede of Sihor, the haruest of the riuer is her reuenew, and she is a mart of nations.",
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          "ref": "1785, William Cowper, “Book I. The Sofa.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 38:",
          "text": "In London; where has commerce ſuch a mart, / So rich, ſo throng'd, ſo drain'd, and ſo ſupplied, / As London, opulent, enlarged, and ſtill / Increaſing, London?",
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        {
          "ref": "1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “Go, Woman!”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 202:",
          "text": "The world is a great mart, my Holly, where all things are for sale to him who bids the highest in the currency of our desires.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 14:",
          "text": "The bold little ships even broke through the Gates of Hercules to the open ocean, coasting then northward to take the gold of Ireland and the tin of Cornwall, as well as southward, around the bulge of Senegal, to remote Yorubaland and the distant marts of ivory, gold, and slaves.",
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          "ref": "c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 217, column 2:",
          "text": "Faith Gentlemen now I play a marchants part, / And venture madly on a deſperate Mart.",
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        "(obsolete) A bargain."
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