From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmartmart /mɑːt $ mɑːrt/ noun [countable] 1 SHOP/STORE American English a place where goods are sold – used especially in the names of shops the largest furniture mart in the region K-Mart2 British English a market, especially one where animals are sold
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mart• Not a mall, Pepsi machine or convenience mart in sight.• This could mean farmers getting involved before the cattle leave the farm and at the mart.• The mart will thus wind up and return £8 a share to its owners - a perverse victim of its own success.From Longman Business Dictionarymartmart /mɑːtmɑːrt/ noun [countable]COMMERCE1American English a shopa convenience mart2British English a market, especially one where animals are solda cattle martOrigin Mart (1400-1500) Middle Dutch marct, mart, probably from Old North French market; → MARKET1 