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dollar stores

dollar stores is the plural of dollar store.

Meaning of dollar store

Noun

dollar store (plural dollar stores)

  1. (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)
    Synonyms:
    five-and-dime, five-and-ten, dime store, pound shop, $2 shop, ten-dollar store
  2. (historical) A government-owned shop in Cuba that sold goods mainly to foreigners and solely in exchange for hard currency.

Questions about dollar stores

What is dollar stores the plural of?
Dollar stores is the plural of dollar store.

Words near dollar stores in the dictionary

  1. dollar princesses
  2. dollar sign
  3. dollar signs
  4. dollar signs in one's eyes
  5. dollar store
  6. dollar stores
  7. dollar up
  8. dollar van
  9. dollar vans
  10. dollar voting
  11. dollar, dollar bill, y'all

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