supermarket su‧per‧mar‧ket [ˈsuːpəˌmɑːkt,ˈsjuː- ǁ -pərˌmɑːr-] noun [countable]
COMMERCE a large shop selling very many different kinds of food and other products used especially in the home:
• Sales growth in UK supermarkets rose by almost 13%.
• Canada's largest supermarket chain (= several shops owned by the same company ) has 40% of the market.
fiˌnancial ˈsupermarket
JOURNALISM FINANCE a financial institution that offers many different types of investment products and advice:
• Many of the internationals such as the HongKong and Shangai Bank run financial supermarkets with the full range of services.
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supermarket UK US /ˈsuːpəˌmɑːkɪt/ noun [C] COMMERCE
► a large store that sells food and other goods for the home: »
Booksellers are facing increasing competition from online retailers and supermarkets, which charge less for bestsellers.
at/from a supermarket »Cod from the supermarket costs about $1 per pound more than at a fish market.
»a supermarket price war
»a big/large/major supermarket
»a supermarket chain/group/giant
»supermarket shelves/checkouts/trolleys
Financial and business terms. 2012.