store

store
n.
shop, establishment where goods are sold

(esp. AE; see the Usage Note for shop)

1) to manage, operate, run a store

2) a bookstore; candy; chain, multiple (BE); clothing; company; convenience; department; discount store; drugstore; five-and-dime (AE), five-and-ten-cent (AE); food, grocery; furniture; general; hardware; jewelry; music; retail; self-service; shoe; toy store

3) (AE) a dry-goods store (BE has draper's shop)

4) (AE) a liquor, package store (BE has off licence)

5) (AE) a variety store (BE has haberdashery)

6) at, in a store (she works at/in a store)

misc.

7) to set store by ('to attribute importance to'); to lie/be in store ('to be imminent'); to have smt. in store for smb. ('to have smt. prepared for smb.')

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[stɔː]
discount store
grocery
hardware
jewelry
music
run a store
self-service
shoe
toy store
to lie/be in store ('to be imminent')
to have smt. in store for smb. ('to have smt. prepared for smb. ')
five-and-dime (AE)
five-and-ten-cent (AE)
multiple (BE)
package store (BE has off licence)
in a store (she works at/in a store)
(AE) a liquor
['shop, establishment where goods are sold'] (esp. AE; see the Usage Note for shop) to manage
a bookstore
at
['misc. '] to set store by ('to attribute importance to')
(AE) a dry-goods store (BE has draper's shop)
(AE) a variety store (BE has haberdashery)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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