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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

M`ART, n. [from market.] A place of sale or traffick. It was formerly applied chiefly to markets and fairs in cities and towns, but it has now a more extensive application. We say, the United States are a principal mart for English goods; England and France are the marts of American cotton.
1. Bargain; purchase and sale. [Not used.]
M`ART, v.t. To buy and sell; to traffick. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up [syn: marketplace, market place, mart, market]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle Dutch marct, mart, ultimately from L. mercatus market — more at market Date: 15th century 1. archaic a coming together of people to buy and sell ; fair V,1 2. obsolete the activity of buying and selling; also bargain 3. market II. transitive verb Date: 1589 to deal in ; sell

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a trade centre. 2 an auction-room. 3 a a market. b a market-place. Etymology: ME f. obs. Du. mart, var. of markt MARKET

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mart Mart, n. [Contr. fr. market.] 1. A market. Where has commerce such a mart . . . as London ? --Cowper. 2. A bargain. [Obs.] --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mart Mart, v. t. To buy or sell in, or as in, a mart. [Obs.] To sell and mart your officer for gold To undeservers. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mart Mart, v. t. To traffic. [Obs.] --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mart Mart, n. [See Mars.] 1. The god Mars. [Obs.] 2. Battle; contest. [Obs.] --Fairfax.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(marts) A mart is a place such as a market where things are bought and sold. (AM) ...the flower mart. N-COUNT: oft n N

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mart.

See MARKET.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Market, emporium, entrepôt, place of traffic.

Moby Thesaurus

agora, auto show, bazaar, boat show, boutique, campo, chain store, co-op, commercial complex, concession, cooperative, countinghouse, country store, department store, dime store, discount house, discount store, emporium, establishment, exposition, fair, five-and-ten, flea fair, flea market, forum, general store, house, magasin, mail-order house, market, market cross, market overt, marketplace, open market, piazza, place, plaza, post, retail store, rialto, salon, shop, shopping center, shopping mall, shopping plaza, show, square, staple, store, street market, supermarket, trade fair, trading post, variety shop, variety store, warehouse, wareroom, wholesale house