dollar store
dollar store noun: 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.).
Noun
dollar store (plural dollar stores)
- 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)
- Synonyms:
- five-and-dime, five-and-ten, dime store, pound shop, $2 shop, ten-dollar store
- A government-owned shop in Cuba that sold goods mainly to foreigners and solely in exchange for hard currency.
Synonyms of dollar store
- five-and-dime
- five-and-ten
- dime store
- pound shop
- $2 shop
- ten-dollar store
Forms of dollar store
| plural | dollar stores |
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Words formed from dollar store
Questions about dollar store
- What does dollar store mean?
- Dollar store means 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.).
- What part of speech is dollar store?
- Dollar store is a noun.
- What is the plural of dollar store?
- The plural of dollar store is dollar stores.
Words near dollar store in the dictionary
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