Definition of "mart" []

• A trading center; a market. (noun)
• A place where goods are sold; a store. (noun)
• Archaic A fair. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Learn the crafts and the skills and never be at a loss because the thrall mart is out of stock."
• "I scattered my gold lavishly, nor did I chaffer over prices in mart or exchange."
• "They also refuse to allow their employees to unionize, and generally pay low wages, and instead of hiring more people install automated tellers Wal-mart is having a horrible effect on rural communities and the U.S. ecomony."