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department store

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department store
n.
A large retail store offering a variety of merchandise and services and organized in separate departments.
department store
Noun
a large shop divided into departments selling many kinds of goods
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Noun1.department storedepartment store - a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
emporium
mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goods
retail chain - a chain of retail stores
Translations
Spanish department store n → grandes almacenes mpl
French department store department n → grand magasin
German department store department n → Warenhaus nt
Italian department store n → grande magazzino
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When she tried to extend the field of her activities in the direction of stenography and book-keeping her health broke down, and six months on her feet behind the counter of a department store did not tend to restore it.
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And Miss Dorn, who shot at the moving ducks at Coney every Sunday and worked in a department store, sat on the bottom step and sniffed.
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One day, to take advantage of a department store bargain sale, she crossed the bay to San Francisco.
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