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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

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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 management Also called: multiple store

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.