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outlet store

American  
[out-let stawr] / ˈaʊt lɛt ˌstɔr /

noun

  1. a store in which a manufacturer sells their own products directly to customers, often for a price that is cheaper than the same goods would be in a store not run directly by the manufacturer.


Etymology

Origin of outlet store

First recorded in 1900–05

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Dishman, 29, who works at a Vans outlet store in West Carrollton, Ohio, said his hours were nearly halved during the pandemic, from about 35 hours a week to 20.

From Washington Post Aug. 20, 2021

When young Francie Nolan goes to Losher’s bread factory for the family’s “semiweekly supply of stale bread,” she lingers in the nice-smelling outlet store, waiting her turn.

From New York Times Apr. 7, 2021

Things are more spacious in Imagineering’s current digs, which sit above Disney’s cast members-only outlet store.

From Los Angeles Times May 16, 2019

BHS, which closed in 2016, has only recently been occupied by a factory outlet store, while House of Fraser closed in 2014.

From BBC Mar. 31, 2019

The next day he was in Freeport and stopped at the Ralph Lauren factory outlet store.

From O+F by Wetterau, John Moncure

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