CHAIN STORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chain store mean? 

• CHAIN STORE (noun)
  The noun CHAIN STORE has 1 sense:

1. one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise

  Familiarity information: CHAIN STORE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAIN STORE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("chain store" is a kind of...):

shop; store (a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services)

Holonyms ("chain store" is a member of...):

chain ((business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership)