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chain store
noun
: one of numerous usually retail stores having the same ownership and selling the same lines of goods
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Dana Taylor: Art resembling that created by Indigenous people has shown up in chain stores like Urban Outfitters and online retailers such as Amazon.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
If the thought of throngs of shoppers in crowded high street chain stores fills you with horror, there is another side to London Christmas shopping.
—Michele Robson, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Spot the landmark shops The crowds at the Meir, Antwerp’s central pedestrian mall, — surrounded by Rococo mansions and chain stores — can be a bit of a headache, but its architectural gems set it apart.
—Nina Siegal, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
There are a lot of places to buy running shoes nowadays—at a big sporting goods shop, at a mall chain store, at an online retailer, at a discount website or at a running specialty store.
—Brian Metzler, Outside Online, 22 Dec. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1901, in the meaning defined above
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“Chain store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chain%20store. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
chain store
noun
: any of a number of stores under the same ownership selling the same lines of goods
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