supermartn.
/ˈsuːpəmɑːt/, /ˈsjuːpəmɑːt/, U.S. /ˈsupərmɑrt/ Originally U.S.
= supermarket n. 1.
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society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > large shop
store1852
department store1887
superstore1915
supermarket1931
supermart1938
hypermarket1970
megastore1970
1938 Helena (Montana) Independent 9 Dec. 4 (advt.) Bob's Super Mart opens Saturday.
1941 Morning Herald (Hagerstown, Maryland) 28 Mar. 16/1 New foods products that are easily available at the corner grocery and the nearest super-mart alike.
1961 Guardian 17 Feb. 8/6 The baby sitting up in the supermart trolley.
1978 Austral. Women's Weekly 31 May 59 Whenever I hear someone mourning the passing of the corner store, I send up silent thanks for the supermart with its business-like check-out.
2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xxix. 430 The artificial environments..offered by shopping malls, theme parks, laughable restorations, supermarts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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