variety store

noun

: a retail store that carries a wide variety of merchandise especially of low unit value

Examples of variety store in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Dollar Tree is a leading operator of discount variety stores. Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024 This variety stores well Gala: Aug. 20 Gala's have a soft bite over a mellow sweetness. Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 15 Aug. 2024 Pop Art Pop Mart began in 2010 as a variety store in Beijing, when founder and CEO Wang Ning was a college student. Jasmine Li, Fortune, 18 May 2024 The prominent corner store has seen a succession of uses over the years: it’s been a variety store (the G.C. Murphy five-and-dime shop), a dollar store, an antique mall and, most recently, a restaurant called the Five and Dime Ale House, which closed last year. Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for variety store 

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Word History

First Known Use

1768, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of variety store was in 1768

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“Variety store.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/variety%20store. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.

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variety store

noun
: a retail store carrying a variety of goods

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