"PX store" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: PX stores [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|PX|store|t1=Post Exchange of the U.S. Military}} PX (“Post Exchange of the U.S. Military”) + store Head templates: {{en-noun}} PX store (plural PX stores)
  1. (Philippines) a store that sells import-restricted imported grocery items Wikipedia link: Clark Air Base, Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone, Pampanga, Post Exchange, Subic Bay, Subic Special Economic and Freeport Zone, U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay Tags: Philippines Related terms: PX goods
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