dollar store en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (US) audio
Meanings
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(Canada, US) 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.)
Near-synonyms: five-and-dime, five-and-ten, dime store; pound shop (UK), $2 shop (AU, NZ), ten-dollar store (Hong Kong English)
- (historical) A government-owned shop in Cuba that sold goods mainly to foreigners and solely in exchange for hard currency.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dollar stores | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hypernyms
store · establishment · shop
Synonyms
dime store · pound shop · $2 shop · five-and-dime · five-and-ten · ten-dollar store
Translations (5)
fr magasin à prix unique (retail store selling inexpensive items) · fr magasin à une piasse (retail store selling inexpensive items) · hu 100 forintos bolt (retail store selling inexpensive items) · tr bir milyoncu (retail store selling inexpensive items) · ja 100円ショップ (retail store selling inexpensive items)