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mart definition

mart (märt)

noun

  1. a market, or trading center
  2. Obsolete
    1. a fair
    2. buying and selling; bargaining
    3. a bargain

Etymology: ME marte < MDu, var. of markt < VL marcatus, for L mercatus, market

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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