| Meaning | A retail store that sells equipment and provisions / provisions (usually to military personnel). |
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| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
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| Narrower | post exchange, PX | A commissary on a United States Army post |
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| slop chest | commissary maintained aboard merchant ships to sell merchandise to the crew |
| small stores | personal items conforming to regulations that are sold aboard ship or at a naval base and charged to the person's pay |
| Broader | shop, store | A mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services |
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| Spanish | economato |
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| Catalan | comissari |
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