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general store

n.
A retail store, usually located in a rural community, that sells a wide variety of merchandise.
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gen′eral store′


n.
a store, usu. in a rural area, that sells a wide variety of merchandise, as clothing, food, and hardware, but is not divided into departments.
[1825–35, Amer.]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.general store - a retail store serving a sparsely populated regiongeneral store - a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise
mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goods
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Translations
مخْزَن عام
obchod se smíšeným zbožímobchodní dům
stormagasin
Warenhaus
grand magasin
vegyeskereskedés
verslun; nÿlenduvöruverslun
negozio di generi di consumo
landhandel
çeşitli eşya mağazası
杂货店百货店

general

(ˈdʒenərəl) adjective
1. of, involving etc all, most or very many people, things etc. The general feeling is that he is stupid; His general knowledge is good although he is not good at mathematics.
2. covering a large number of cases. a general rule.
3. without details. I'll just give you a general idea of the plan.
4. (as part of an official title) chief. the Postmaster General.
noun
in the British army, (a person of) the rank next below field marshal. General Smith.
ˈgeneralize, ˈgeneralise verb
1. to make a general rule etc that can be applied to many cases, based on a number of cases. He's trying to generalize from only two examples.
2. to talk (about something) in general terms. We should stop generalizing and discuss each problem separately.
ˌgeneraliˈzation, ˌgeneraliˈsation noun
ˈgenerally adverb
usually; by most people; on the whole. He is generally disliked; He generally wins.
General Certificate of EducationGCEgeneral election
an election in which the voters in every constituency are involved.
general practitionerGPgeneral store
a shop that sells a wide range of goods.
as a general rule
usually; in most cases. As a general rule, we don't employ unskilled workers.
in general
usually; in most cases; most of (a group of people etc). People in general were not very sympathetic; People were in general not very sympathetic.
the general public
the people of a town, country etc, considered as a group.
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The bulk of Adolf's perquisites consisted of the tips he received for going to the general store down the road for tobacco, stamps, and so on.
Then I brought them out all my store of tools, and gave every man a digging-spade, a shovel, and a rake, for we had no barrows or ploughs; and to every separate place a pickaxe, a crow, a broad axe, and a saw; always appointing, that as often as any were broken or worn out, they should be supplied without grudging out of the general stores that I left behind.
By obtaining control of a certain up-country bank, two general stores, and several logging camps, he could come into control of a certain dinky jerkwater line which shall here be nameless, but which, in his hands, would prove the key to a vastly larger situation involving more main-line mileage almost than there were spikes in the aforesaid dinky jerkwater.
Robbers looted a general store in broad daylight, stole valuables from a parked car and mugged a citizen in separate incidents.
The Departments spokesman told media that PFA teams during routine checking in Chakwal area, sealed Sadaat Super store, Husnain general store, Shahweer general store and Tariq general store as their administration failed to maintain the food standards and due to this reason authority sealed them immediately.
12, the Cary-Grove Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting and grand opening event at Happy's General Store & Bar, 50 Crystal St., off Northwest Highway in Cary.
A medical store, burger shop and general store were affected by explosion.
The hospital management has been facing difficulties to run hospital smoothly as medical gases, diet/food catering, consumable, laboratory kites/ chemicals, general store articles, janitorial services, protective clothing and for repairing for equipments as Procurement Committee 2018-19 has not been notified despite the lapse of one and half month.
The incident took place when the group of robbers allegedly tried to loot a general store owner who offered resistance to the bid and killed one of them, while other fled from the scene.
A new Post Office and general store has taken over empty premises at Queensway, on a 10-year lease - months after it was announced the town's nearby Crown Office would shut.
in Ada, Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores Inc.<br />Casey's General Store #3614, 2900 W.
Popcorn General Store (PGS) houses the brand Supreme, a top streetwear brand.
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