mart

Definition

A shop, a store, a market.

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.

Example Sentences

• "FedMart, Walmart, Kmart, Kwik-E-Mart"
• "In that day, drovers would drive their cattle to the marts on the coast."
• "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:"