convenience store

American  

noun

• convenience stores
  plural

1. a retail store that carries a limited selection of basic items, as packaged foods and drugstore items, and is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.

---

convenience store British  

noun

1. a shop that has long opening hours, caters to local tastes, and is conveniently situated

---

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• convenience stores
  plural

Etymology

Origin of convenience store

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

convenience store

Faisal Umar manages a 24-hour convenience store on the street, which sits in the heart of the dispersal zone.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

The Village Center convenience store beckons with shaded parking and a freezer full of frozen treats.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

It was a convenience store with abandoned gas pumps and a cryptocurrency machine inside.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

“When a consumer is buying a cable at a convenience store and that cable costs less than the can of soda they’re buying with it, they need to really think about that,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

The convenience store owner had been so pleased to get his money back that he’d immediately counted out a nice reward for all six of the kids.

From "Mystery Map (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #3)" by Franklin W. Dixon