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outlet store

American  
[aut-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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Besides its Pacific Place store, Lululemon has nine stores in Washington including another Seattle location at University Village and an outlet store in Tulalip.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2024

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

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 John Moncure Wetterau

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