chain store

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noun

one of a group of retail stores under the same ownership and selling similar merchandise.

Origin of chain store

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10

Words nearby chain store

chain shot, chainsman, chain-smoke, chain smoker, chainstitch, chain store, chain wale, chainwheel, chainwork, chair, chair bed

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Example sentences from the Web for chain store

The ICSC/Goldman Sachs index of chain-store sales has been chugging along.
Did My Taxes Go Up? I Hadn’t Noticed.|Daniel Gross|March 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The chain-store buyers prowling the floor, Bonnie says, are interested.
Financial Crisis Dogs Pet Industry|Michael Schaffer|February 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The shop sells as its leaders home-made English tarts that no chain-store could supply.
Certain Success|Norval A. Hawkins
Then he had told me that the chain-store people had made him an offer, and he went to work in their Hartford store.
Dawson Black: Retail Merchant|Harold Whitehead

In the chain-store system of merchandising we see the opposite extreme of coffee retailing.
All About Coffee|William H. Ukers

British Dictionary definitions for chain store

chain store

noun

one of several retail enterprises under the same ownership and managementAlso called: multiple store

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Cultural definitions for chain store

chain store

One of many retail stores owned by a single corporation and offering similar products. Examples include Sears and Safeway.

单词	chain store
释义	chain store SEE SYNONYMS FOR chain store ON THESAURUS.COM noun one of a group of retail stores under the same ownership and selling similar merchandise. Origin of chain store An Americanism dating back to 1905–10 Words nearby chain store chain shot, chainsman, chain-smoke, chain smoker, chainstitch, chain store, chain wale, chainwheel, chainwork, chair, chair bed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for chain store The ICSC/Goldman Sachs index of chain-store sales has been chugging along. Did My Taxes Go Up? I Hadn’t Noticed.\|Daniel Gross\|March 27, 2013\|DAILY BEAST The chain-store buyers prowling the floor, Bonnie says, are interested. Financial Crisis Dogs Pet Industry\|Michael Schaffer\|February 16, 2009\|DAILY BEAST The shop sells as its leaders home-made English tarts that no chain-store could supply. Certain Success\|Norval A. Hawkins Then he had told me that the chain-store people had made him an offer, and he went to work in their Hartford store. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant\|Harold Whitehead In the chain-store system of merchandising we see the opposite extreme of coffee retailing. All About Coffee\|William H. Ukers British Dictionary definitions for chain store chain store noun one of several retail enterprises under the same ownership and managementAlso called: multiple store Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to chain store shop, department store, shopping center, emporium, boutique, outlet, market, grocery store, supermarket, convenience store, discount store, deli, showroom, drugstore, store, mart, super, stand, repository, storehouse Cultural definitions for chain store chain store One of many retail stores owned by a single corporation and offering similar products. Examples include Sears and Safeway. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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chain store

noun

Origin of chain store

Words nearby chain store

Example sentences from the Web for chain store

British Dictionary definitions for chain store

noun

Words related to chain store

Cultural definitions for chain store