DictionarymartPlace for trade
noun

mart

MART/mɑːrt/

A place where goods are bought and sold.

The neighborhood mart has neatly arranged shelves.

A modest neighborhood market store with neatly arranged shelves.
Etymology

Latin mercatus covered both trading and a market, connecting the activity of buying and selling with its location. Mart is a shortened form of market, probably influenced by Dutch markt.

In context

MartEye2:02
to help make up for the lower numbers of bidders at the mart a new app has been developed it allows buyers to bid online from home the auctions are filmed live
MartEye App featured on BBC's The One Show

More examples

  • Several marts served the town.
  • She visited the mart.
  • The mart stocked groceries.

Forms

mart · marts

Similar words

market
The ordinary full word for a trading place.
store
A particular retail establishment.