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PX store

PX store noun: a store that sells import-restricted imported grocery items.

Noun

PX store (plural PX stores)

  1. (Philippines) a store that sells import-restricted imported grocery items

Forms of PX store

pluralPX stores

Origin of PX store

From PX (“Post Exchange of the U.S. Military”) + store, due to the initially illegal import trade in the then-US military bases in the Philippines, particularly Pampanga's Clark Air Base and Subic Naval Base in Subic Bay. Its illicit trade died out when trade was liberalized around the 1990s, opening the door for legal freeport zones in Clark and Subic Bay for more legalized imported goods in duty-free stores and supermarkets instead.

Questions about PX store

What does PX store mean?
PX store means a store that sells import-restricted imported grocery items.
What part of speech is PX store?
PX store is a noun.
What is the plural of PX store?
The plural of PX store is PX stores.

Words near PX store in the dictionary

  1. PWUD
  2. PWYC
  3. PWYW
  4. px
  5. PX goods
  6. PX store
  7. PXE
  8. PXEer
  9. PXEers
  10. PXes
  11. PXR

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