"dollar store" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dollar stores [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dollar store (plural dollar stores)
  1. (US and Canada) A retail store selling inexpensive items, especially one in which all items have a price of one dollar. Tags: Canada, US Derived forms: dollar-store [attributive] Related terms: dime store, pound shop [UK], ten-dollar store [English, Hong-Kong] Translations (retail store selling inexpensive items): 100 forintos bolt (Hungarian), 100円ショップ (hyaku-en shoppu) (alt: ひゃくえんショップ) (Japanese), bir milyoncu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-dollar_store-en-noun-flB1OflG Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Disambiguation of 'retail store selling inexpensive items': 84 16
  2. (historical) A government-owned shop in Cuba that sold goods mainly to foreigners and solely in exchange for hard currency. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Shops
    Sense id: en-dollar_store-en-noun-szb-Xw0~ Disambiguation of Shops: 44 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for dollar store meaning in English (2.4kB)

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