English > mercantile establishment: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A place of business for retailing goods. |
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| Synonyms | retail store, sales outlet, outlet |
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| Parts | merchandise, ware, product | commodities offered for sale |
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| Narrower | country store, general store, trading post | A retail store serving a sparsely populated region |
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| department store, emporium | A large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise |
| discount house, discount store, discounter, wholesale house | A sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price |
| marketplace, market place, mart, market | An area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up |
| plaza, mall, center, shopping mall, shopping center, shopping centre | mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers |
| shop, store | A mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services |
| strip mall | A mercantile establishment consisting of a row of various stores and business and restaurants along a road or busy street |
| Broader | place of business, business establishment | An establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered |
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| Spanish | centro comercial, centro |
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| Catalan | centre comercial, centre |
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