| 单词 | discount store |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdiscount store C2. attributive. Designating a trader that sells goods below the normal retail price, as discount shop, discount store, etc., or the practice of trading in discounted goods, as discount selling, discount trading; (also more generally) with the sense ‘of or relating to the discounting of goods’, as discount bin, discount voucher, etc. See also discount house n. 2.In early use chiefly with reference to the selling of books at below the normal price. ΚΠ 1885 Country Gentleman 7 Feb. 167/2 Let him invest a shilling in the American jest book—he may get the work for a shilling if he goes to a discount shop. 1889 Spectator 31 Aug. 268/2 Harper's, which discount booksellers sell at 9d. a copy. 1940 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 4 Oct. 14/2 When the manufacturer permits his goods to be distributed through the casual channels of the ‘discount’ shops, he is injuring the regular trade. 1954 Gaz. & Bull. (Williamsport, Pa.) 11 May 17/1 A number of retailers have swung from conventional to discount selling. 1960 Guardian 10 June 7/2 All forms of discount trading are violently denounced by trade associations. 1973 Wednesday Advocate (Newark, Ohio) 19 Sept. 35/4 (advt.) That's what you'll find in the discount bin at Abbott's. 1986 A. R. Kaplan et al. Minnesota Ethnic Food Bk. 238 (caption) Shopping at St. Paul's Country Store, a discount supermarket. 1996 G. Ward Hawaii: Rough Guide ii. iii. 253 Pick up the discount vouchers at the mall entrance. 2009 T. Footman Noughties vii. 105 The 2008 credit crunch didn't help matters, with many customers switching to value lines or discount stores. < as lemmas |
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