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company stores

company stores is the plural of company store.

Meaning of company store

Noun

company store (plural company stores)

  1. A retailer of provisions and general merchandise, owned by a firm which operates a mine or other industry nearby, and at which the firm's employees are required to shop, to pay high prices, and to make payments through payroll deductions or a truck system, typically resulting in the accumulation of considerable employee indebtedness.
    • Skeelty, who thought he knew how to manage these people, allowed every man, at the close of work on Saturday, to purchase a pint of whiskey from the company store, charging an exorbitant price that netted a huge profit.1912, L. Frank Baum, chapter 9, in Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation

Questions about company stores

What is company stores the plural of?
Company stores is the plural of company store.

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