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mart

/mɑrt/
/mɑt/
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Other forms: marts

Definitions of mart
  1. noun
    an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
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    types:
    agora, public square
    a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece
    bazaar, bazar
    a street of small shops, especially in the Middle East
    food market, grocery, grocery store, market
    a marketplace where groceries are sold
    market square, open-air market, open-air marketplace
    a public marketplace where food and merchandise is sold
    slave market
    a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War)
    agora
    the marketplace in ancient Greece
    farmer's market, green market, greenmarket
    an open-air marketplace for farm products
    greengrocery
    a greengrocer's grocery store
    souk
    an open-air market in an Arabian city
    supermarket
    a large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods
    flea market
    an open-air street market for inexpensive or secondhand articles
    type of:
    mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet
    a place of business for retailing goods
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