Definition of MART

mart

Plural: marts

Noun

  • an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
  • A shop, a store, a market.
  • A bazaar, fair, market, or marketplace.
  • A bargain.
  • Battle; contest.
  • Marque (chiefly used in the phrase letters of mart).
  • A head of feeder cattle or fattened cattle (usually the latter).
  • Salt beef.

Verb

Verb Forms: marted, marting, marts

  • To engage in buying and selling; to market goods.
  • To buy or sell in, or as in a mart.
  • To traffic.

Examples

  • FedMart, Walmart, Kmart, Kwik-E-Mart
  • In that day, drovers would drive their cattle to the marts on the coast.
  • The ancient trader would MART his wares, hoping for good prices.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

market, market place, marketplace

Scrabble Score: 6

mart: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
mart: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mart: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

mart: valid Words With Friends Word