(a) A stall at a market or fair, a merchant's shop; ?also, house of prostitution [L meritorium]; (b) a temporary dwelling, arbor of branches, tent, hut; also a poor dwelling, a hovel; (c) in personal and place names [see A.H. Smith PNElem. 1.43, 65]; (d) ~ hall, ?hall in which markets are held; ~ man, keeper of a stall, shopkeeper; ~ silver, rent payment for the privilege of setting up a booth or stall.