commissary
noun
a store that sells food and supplies to the personnel or workers in a military post, mining camp, lumber camp, or the like.
commissaries
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pluralof commissary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Public grocery stores already exist in the form of commissaries on military bases.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025
Prisons run by state and federal governments contract out many services to private firms — like health care, transport, meals, telecommunication, commissaries and uniforms.
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
What you had in the beginning were these expensive to operate commissaries that were giant, occupying valuable real estate in New York City.
From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2022
Since launching in Pico-Union, CloudKitchens has expanded rapidly, opening ghost-kitchen commissaries in Koreatown, Long Beach, Anaheim and downtown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2020
They stated, furthermore, that they were not being paid in real money but in scrip, which was good only to buy Virginia ham in the company commissaries.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
