26984 words

stores

15 definitions • 33 examples
1
a place where you can buy goods:

Examples:

If you are not happy with your purchase, please return it to one of our stores for a refund.
His clothing range is on display in all the big stores in London.
Increasing competition may force the company to close stores this year.
in stores Their products are available in stores and online.
2
a grocery store (= a shop selling food and small things that are often needed in the home):

Examples:

I'm going to the store — do you need anything?
3
a website that offers goods for sale:

Examples:

To sell your goods, you can create your own website or you can build your store on a third-party marketplace.
4
an amount of something that is being kept for future use:

Examples:

store of He has an impressively large store of wine in his cellar.
Food stores are reported to be running dangerously low in the capital.
figurative My grandmother's store of memories was shared over the dinner table.
5
a building in which things are kept until they are needed:

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6
to put or keep things in a special place for use in the future:

Examples:

be stored on The data is stored on a hard disk and backed up on a CD.
store something in something I stored my possessions in my mother's house while I was living in Spain.
store something (away) I've stored my thick sweaters and jackets (away) until next winter.
store (up) Squirrels store (up) nuts for the winter.
7
a place where you can buy goods or services:
8
a supply of something:

Examples:

She has a store of anecdotes (= a large number of them) that she could draw on whenever she needed one.
energy stores
9
to put or keep things for use in the future:

Examples:

We store the garden tools in a shed in the backyard.
All the information is stored on a hard disk.
10
a large building where you can buy many types of goods:

Examples:

At present, only 6.5% of the group's store managers are women.
11
a place where people go to buy things:

Examples:

We failed to get the right products into the right stores.
12
a large building where things are kept until they are needed:

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13
a supply of something that is being kept so it can be used later:

Examples:

Gold remains one of the most reliable stores of wealth.
14
to put or keep something somewhere until it is needed:

Examples:

The fire damaged over 80% of the stock stored in the warehouse.
15
to keep information, music, etc. on a computer:

Examples:

digitally/electronically stored MP3 technology allows a large amount of music to be electronically stored in a relatively compact space.

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