1400-1500Middle Dutchmarct, mart, probably from Old North Frenchmarket; ➔ MARKET1
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Not a mall, Pepsi machine or convenience mart in sight.
The mart will thus wind up and return £8 a share to its owners - a perverse victim of its own success.
This could mean farmers getting involved before the cattle leave the farm and at the mart.
1 American English a place where goods are sold – used especially in the names of shops: the largest furniture mart in the region K-Mart2British English a market, especially one where animals are sold