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discount store

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noun

  1. a shop where goods are sold at a low price

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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If you purchase a mattress from a discount store, you are realistically increasing the risk of problems.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

“Going to the market is really hard right now,” Rodriguez said as she pushed a mostly empty cart up an aisle of a Dollar Tree discount store last week.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024

Mondelez International, which owns Cadbury, said it had licensed the brand to Freshstores Limited, which runs the Cadbury discount store "completely independently".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2024

Higher prices of food and gas pushed consumers to shop at discount store chains such as Dollarama for daily essentials and cheaper seasonal items during the all-important holiday period.

From Reuters • Mar. 29, 2023

She already had on a black skirt from a discount store.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan

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