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MKT

MKT

1 9.9
An old U.S. railway company that ran trains in Missouri, Kansas, and Texas
  • proper noun
  • Jargon
: MKT

Compounds

NYSE MKT
1 6.3

A New York stock market that lists shares of small and medium-sized companies

Surface Forms

MKT main

Morphology

MKT = M + K + T

An initialism whose component letters do not independently convey the meaning; the abbreviation must be expanded to be understood.

Etymology

The word MKT is the set of initials from the states Missouri, Kansas, and Texas, used as the short name and code for the old Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad. So, when you see MKT on trains or old signs, it simply 'stands for' those three states and that historic railway.