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mart

1

[mahrt]

noun

  1. market; trading center; trade center.

  2. a building, center, or exposition for the sale of goods by manufacturers and wholesalers to retail merchants.

  3. Archaic.a fair.

  4. Obsolete.bargain.



mart

2

[mahrt]

noun

Scot. and North England.
  1. a cow or ox fattened for slaughter.

mart

/ ɑː /

noun

  1. a market or trading centre

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51Թ History and Origins

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
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of mart1

C15: from Middle Dutch mart market
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Others were recovered without their identifying ear tags at a local abattoir and an auction mart while some were given to another farmer to pay off a debt.

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“This order,” he said, “it’s a wonderful order. It’s a beautiful order. This order is pulling American booze off the liquor mart shelves.”

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Vets are key to protecting our agri-food industry, whether through the bovine TB testing programme or monitoring animal welfare in marts.

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Next door is a now-closed Korean mini mart, and more than 100 yards down the street is the water’s edge.

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Worse still for carb-loading cricketers, they have had to get breakfast brought in from outside with only a 'mini mart' on site.

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