mart
1 Americannoun
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market; trading center; trade center.
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a building, center, or exposition for the sale of goods by manufacturers and wholesalers to retail merchants.
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Archaic. a fair.
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Obsolete. bargain.
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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
Vocabulary lists containing mart
Example Sentences
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She believes that if all the signs point to a partner-less destiny anyway, then she may as well flout the dictates of her mother and the marriage mart.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
"Two years after losing her beloved husband John, Fran decides to re-enter the marriage mart for practical reasons," a Netflix release revealed.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
A scientist who’s lost her grant funding, Yeva uses the marriage mart grift to sustain her life’s work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2025
Peachtree Center also includes the Marriott Marquis and Hyatt Regency convention hotels, the merchandise mart now known as AmericasMart, and other buildings, none of which were part of Tuesday’s foreclosure.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
I saw the Grote Markt, half a block away, as clearly as though I were standing there, saw the town hall and St. Bavo’s and the fish mart with its stair-stepped facade.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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