English Explanatory Dictionary

dollar store

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A retail store selling inexpensive items, especially one in which all items have a price of one dollar. (The latter type, whose name has the literal meaning, were formerly common and are now rare.)
  2. A government-owned shop in Cuba that sold goods mainly to foreigners and solely in exchange for hard currency.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dollar store.wav

Word forms

dollar store dollar stores

Synonyms

five-and-dime five-and-ten dime store pound shop $2 shop ten-dollar store

Derived words

dollar-store
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