department store

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noun

a large retail store carrying a wide variety of merchandise and organized into various departments for sales and administrative purposes.

Origin of department store

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Words nearby department store

Department of State, Department of the Interior, Department of the Treasury, Department of Transportation, Department of Veterans Affairs, department store, departure, depasture, depauperate, depend, dependable

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Example sentences from the Web for department store

Did you ever see a school of salesmanship for department-store women employees?
The Women of Tomorrow|William Hard
The overwhelming majority of department-store clerks are girls under twenty-one.
What eight million women want|Rheta Childe Dorr
Actually being fitted in a department-store to a real imported dress!
Aunt Crete's Emancipation|Grace Livingston Hill
Non-comps are gleefully sloughed in the army, just as they are in a railroad-office or a department-store.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13|Elbert Hubbard

A duplicate of the department-store bargain rug in the other room lay on the floor.
Big Timber|Bertrand W. Sinclair

British Dictionary definitions for department store

department store

noun

a large shop divided into departments selling a great many kinds of goods

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单词	department store
释义	department store SEE SYNONYMS FOR department store ON THESAURUS.COM noun a large retail store carrying a wide variety of merchandise and organized into various departments for sales and administrative purposes. Origin of department store An Americanism dating back to 1885–90 Words nearby department store Department of State, Department of the Interior, Department of the Treasury, Department of Transportation, Department of Veterans Affairs, department store, departure, depasture, depauperate, depend, dependable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for department store Did you ever see a school of salesmanship for department-store women employees? The Women of Tomorrow\|William Hard The overwhelming majority of department-store clerks are girls under twenty-one. What eight million women want\|Rheta Childe Dorr Actually being fitted in a department-store to a real imported dress! Aunt Crete's Emancipation\|Grace Livingston Hill Non-comps are gleefully sloughed in the army, just as they are in a railroad-office or a department-store. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13\|Elbert Hubbard A duplicate of the department-store bargain rug in the other room lay on the floor. Big Timber\|Bertrand W. Sinclair British Dictionary definitions for department store department store noun a large shop divided into departments selling a great many kinds of goods Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to department store shop, store, discount store, chain store, dime store, anchor store
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department store

noun

Origin of department store

Words nearby department store

Example sentences from the Web for department store

British Dictionary definitions for department store

noun

Words related to department store