mart

Meanings

Noun

• A bargain.
• Battle; contest.
• Alternative of marque (letters of mart).
• A head of feeder cattle or fattened cattle (usually the latter).
• Salt beef.

Verb

• To buy or sell in, or as in a mart.
• To traffic.

Origin

• From Middle Dutch mart, markt (Modern Dutch markt), from Old Dutch *markat, from Late Latin marcātus, an alternative form of Classical Latin mercātus. See market.
• From Latin Mārs. See Mart.
• Scottish English, from Middle English, from a Scottish Gaelic root.