CHAIN STORE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chain store" is a kind of...):

shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)

Holonyms ("chain store" is a member of...):

chain ((business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership)

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