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Definition of Stores

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Store Store, n. [OE. stor, stoor, OF. estor, provisions, supplies, fr. estorer to store. See Store, v. t.] 1. That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number. The ships are fraught with store of victuals. --Bacon. With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and give the prize. --Milton. 2. A place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine. 3. Any place where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or retail; a shop. [U.S. & British Colonies] 4. pl. Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms, ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a ship, of a family. His swine, his horse, his stoor, and his poultry. --Chaucer. In store, in a state of accumulation; in keeping; hence, in a state of readiness. ``I have better news in store for thee.' --Shak. Store clothes, clothing purchased at a shop or store; -- in distinction from that which is home-made. [Colloq. U.S.] Store pay, payment for goods or work in articles from a shop or store, instead of money. [U.S.] To set store by, to value greatly; to have a high appreciation of. To tell no store of, to make no account of; to consider of no importance. Syn: Fund; supply; abundance; plenty; accumulation; provision. Usage: Store, Shop. The English call the place where goods are sold (however large or splendid it may be) a shop, and confine the word store to its original meaning; viz., a warehouse, or place where goods are stored. In America the word store is applied to all places, except the smallest, where goods are sold. In some British colonies the word store is used as in the United States.
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Store Store, a. Accumulated; hoarded. --Bacon.
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Store Store, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stored; p. pr. & vb. n. Storing.] [OE. storen, OF. estorer to construct, restore, store, LL. staurare, for L. instaurare to renew, restore; in + staurare (in comp.) Cf. Instore, Instaurate, Restore, Story a floor.] 1. To collect as a reserved supply; to accumulate; to lay away. Dora stored what little she could save. --Tennyson. 2. To furnish; to supply; to replenish; esp., to stock or furnish against a future time. Her mind with thousand virtues stored. --Prior. Wise Plato said the world with men was stored. --Denham. Having stored a pond of four acres with carps, tench, and other fish. --Sir M. Hale. 3. To deposit in a store, warehouse, or other building, for preservation; to warehouse; as, to store goods.

Meaning of Stores from wikipedia

- Store may refer to: Retail store, a shop where merchandise is sold, usually products and usually on a retail basis, and where wares are often kept App...
- Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores,...
- Saravana Stores founded in 1969 is a chain of retail stores in India. It is the largest family owned business retail chain in India. According to Kis****...
- Lakshmi Stores is a 2018 Indian Tamil language melodrama soap opera and romantic drama directed by S.Anand Babu, written by veteran director Sundar C and...
- Ross Stores, Inc., operating under the brand name Ross Dress for Less, is an American chain of discount department stores headquartered in Dublin, California...
- expansion from about 100 stores a year down to 70 stores a year. Target stores are designed to be more attractive than large big-box stores by having wider aisles...
- This is a list of department stores of the United States from past and present. Barneys New York Bealls (Florida) Belk Boscov's Dillard's Hudson's Bay...
- e-commerce sites since 2010. Big-box stores, hypermarkets, and discount stores are comparable to historical department stores. The origins of the departmental...
- France. By the end of the twentieth century, stores were using labels such as "mega-stores" and "warehouse" stores to reflect their growing size. In Australia...
- Apple Store is a chain of retail stores owned and operated by Apple Inc. The stores sell various Apple products, including Mac personal computers, iPhone...
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