company store

noun

a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.
Also called industrial store.

Origin of company store

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Words nearby company store

company manners, company of jesus, company officer, company secretary, company sergeant major, company store, company town, company union, company woman, compar., comparable

Example sentences from the Web for company store

  • So after supper he had to seek out his boss, and arrange to get credit at the company-store.

    King Coal |Upton Sinclair