mart en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /mɑːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- märt (General-American)
- (UK) audio
- /mɑɹt/ (General-American)
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.
Meanings
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(Canada, Philippines, US, in-compounds, usually) A shop, a store, a market.
FedMart, Walmart, Kmart, Kwik-E-Mart
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A bazaar, fair, market, or marketplace.
In that day, drovers would drive their cattle to the marts on the coast.
Come out of it my Soul, thou art not fit For this vile traffic-house, where day by day Wisdom and reverence are sold at mart, And the rude people rage with ignorant cries Against an heritage of centuries. It mars my calm: wherefore in dreams of Art And loftiest culture I would stand apart, Neither for God, nor for his enemies.
a. 1881, Oscar Wilde, 'Theoretikos', in Poems:And by great waters the seede of Sihor, the haruest of the riuer is her reuenew, and she is a mart of nations.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 23:3:The world is a great mart, my Holly, where all things are for sale to him who bids the highest in the currency of our desires.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “Go, Woman!”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 202:Their facility is one of the largest livestock auction marts in the Scottish Highlands.
In London; where has commerce ſuch a mart, So rich, ſo throng'd, ſo drain'd, and ſo ſupplied, As London, opulent, enlarged, and ſtill Increaſing, London?
1785, William Cowper, “Book I. The Sofa.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 38: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:
c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 87:The bold little ships even broke through the Gates of Hercules to the open ocean, coasting then northward to take the gold of Ireland and the tin of Cornwall, as well as southward, around the bulge of Senegal, to remote Yorubaland and the distant marts of ivory, gold, and slaves.
1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 14:
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(obsolete) A bargain.
Faith Gentlemen now I play a marchants part, And venture madly on a deſperate Mart.
c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 217, column 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| marts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Kris Kringle Mart · Kwik-E-Mart · Walmart · data mart · minimart · Kmart · D-Mart · Wal-Mart · FedMart · supermart · hypermart