dollar store

[ dol-er stawr ]

noun

1. a retail store that carries a wide variety of inexpensive merchandise, some of it priced at one dollar or less.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dollar store¹

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

The fact that dollar stores, which are largely located outside of major metros and cater to low-income people, now offer delivery reflects how widespread and accessible the service has become in the US.

From Quartz

That afternoon, Letecia asked Harley Hunt, her 17-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, to pick up baking soda, trash bags, and carpet cleaner at a nearby dollar store.

From The Daily Beast

Booming business at dollar stores shows the widening gulf between haves and have-nots during pandemicStress and uncertainty are starting to hurt the economic recovery.

From Washington Post

People would see those pictures and order her trees, and then only receive dollar store flotsam.

From Time

Then FBI agents came to the dollar store where he worked and asked him to come downtown.

From Washington Post

We realized we had forgotten towels so we stopped at a dollar store and grabbed a few.

From The Daily Beast

I doubt that dollar-store MBA-speak will lead to real solutions, but Holub's rhetoric is right.

From The Daily Beast

These were to be stocked with women and wine, and some new features were also to be added, such as a museum and dollar store.

From Project Gutenberg