noun
a place of business for retailing goods
• Syn: ↑mercantile establishment, ↑sales outlet, ↑outlet
• Hypernyms: ↑place of business, ↑business establishment
• Hyponyms:
↑country store, ↑general store, ↑trading post, ↑department store, ↑emporium, ↑discount house, ↑discount store, ↑discounter, ↑wholesale house, ↑marketplace, ↑market place, ↑mart, ↑market, ↑plaza, ↑mall, ↑center, ↑shopping mall, ↑shopping center, ↑shopping centre, ↑shop, ↑store, ↑strip mall
• Part Meronyms: ↑merchandise, ↑ware, ↑product
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noun : a place of business usually owned and operated by a retailer but sometimes owned and operated by a manufacturer or by someone other than a retailer in which merchandise is sold primarily to ultimate consumers
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retail store,
U.S. a store selling items in small quantities directly to the consumer.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.