department store
noun
a large retail store carrying a wide variety of merchandise and organized into various departments for sales and administrative purposes.
department stores
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pluralof department store.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They've set up a new campaign called CourtRobe which asks high street department stores in Scotland to donate vouchers or clothing and give staff specialist training to help women dress for court.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Airlines, department stores and every kind of merchant lean on their card programs to attract more customers, boost loyalty and increase revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
But by the 2000s, more people were shopping online or at rival sportswear chains or department stores.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Sales in the wholesale segment, meanwhile, increased 19% as the company’s Free People group had higher sales to specialty customers and department stores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
She took long bus rides to faraway department stores and supermarkets where she’d window-shop for hours and spend fifty cents.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
