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boutique

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bou·tique  (b-tk)
n.
1.
a. A small retail shop that specializes in gifts, fashionable clothes, accessories, or food, for example.
b. A small shop located within a large department store or supermarket.
2. A small business offering specialized products and services: an investment boutique; a health-care boutique.

[French, from Old French botique, small shop, from Old Provençal botica, from Latin apothca, storehouse; see apothecary.]

boutique [buːˈtiːk]
n
1. (Business / Commerce) a shop, esp a small one selling fashionable clothes and other items
2. (Business / Commerce) (modifier) of or denoting a small specialized producer or business a boutique operation a boutique winery
3. (Business / Commerce) a small specialized stall or shopping area within a supermarket, esp selling fresh meat, seafood, etc.
[from French, probably from Old Provençal botica, ultimately from Greek apothēkē storehouse; see apothecary]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.boutiqueboutique - a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry
shop, store - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"
Translations
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boutique
n boutique [buːˈtiːk]
a fashionable, usually small shop, especially one selling clothes She prefers small boutiques to large stores. boetiek بوتيك: دُكّان لِبَيْع لَوازِم النِّساء бутик butik modeforretning; boutique die Boutique μπουτίκ boutique boutique بوتیک؛ مغازه کوچک لباس فروشی putiikki boutique (de luxe) בּוּטִיק बुटीक butik butik butik tískuverslun (með föt) boutique ブテック 부티크 krautuvėlė (modes preču) veikals butik boetiek moteforretning; gavebutikk butik butique butic, magazin mic бутик butik butik butik boutique ร้านขายเครื่องแต่งกายที่นำสมัย butik, dükkân 精品店 бутік کپڑوں کی چھوٹی دوکان tiệm bán quần áo


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Futterman & Associates, LLC secured 2,500 s/f of retail space at 158 Mercer Street for Vera Wang's first ready-to-wear boutique in SoHo.
Bankruptcy attorneys, the three were starting a boutique firm at an economic boom time when other bankruptcy boutiques were dissolving.
Since imitation is the highest form of flattery, it is a virtual certainty that boutique medicine will expand into many other areas.
 
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