commission store
originally US (now chiefly historical )
noun
A shop selling goods for others in return for a commission; specifically (in communist countries) a state-controlled shop of this type, especially one selling second-hand goods or imported items.
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Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Pennsylvania Ledger.
- double-ender
- double entendre
- double-entry
- double exposure
- double-faced
- double fault
- double feature
- double figures
- double first
- double flat
- double-fronted
- double fugue
- double-glaze
- double glazing
- Double Gloucester
- double-handed
- double harness
- double-headed
- double-header
- double helix
- double-hung
- double indemnity
- double jeopardy
- double-jointed
- double-jointedness