in-store
adjective
available or taking place within a supermarket or other large shop
Jump to:
in-store
Britishadjective
in store
Idioms
-
In readiness, in preparation for future use, as in I'm keeping several videos in store for your visit . Edmund Spenser used this idiom in The Faerie Queene (1590): “Then for her son . . . In her own hand the crown she kept in store.” [1300s]
-
in store for . Forthcoming for, awaiting, as in There's trouble in store for you . [Mid-1600s]
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
No big boost looks to be in store after Nvidia’s first-quarter results, which mark the end to the Big Tech earnings season.
From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026
Like many others, McIntosh hoped to get his hands on the brightly coloured watch -- sold in store for $400 to $420 to resell it immediately at a huge mark-up.
From Barron's • May 16, 2026
There are more deaths in store in Ms. Zigman’s alluring tale of psychological disintegration.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
More rain could be in store for Los Angeles this week.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
It had been Mrs. Richardson who had held her, Mrs. Richardson who had heard all the doctors’ prognoses, the dire warnings about what might be in store for her.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
