showroom
[shoh-room, -roo m]
- a room used for the display of goods or merchandise.
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- to come into a store to view merchandise and then purchase it from a competitor, usually online, as to get a lower price or wider selection: For shoes, I usually showroom at a couple of stores, then buy them cheaper online.
- to be used as a place to view rather than buy merchandise: No store wants to showroom for a website.
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- to display (merchandise) in a showroom.
- to enter a store and view (merchandise) before purchasing it from a competitor, usually online.
- to use or encourage people to use (a store) as a place to view rather than buy merchandise: The online retailers are showrooming us out of business. We’re being showroomed by consumers who browse our stores without buying.
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Origin of showroom
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Examples from the Web for showroom
Contemporary Examples
The American Library in the Catalonian capital is bombed, an I.B.M. showroom has a brick tossed through its front window.
Whit Stillman on the 20th Anniversary of ‘Barcelona’, His New Amazon Series, and the Myth of the Ugly ExpatMichael Weiss
August 10, 2014
They knew about it and they could have stopped it before the first car went in the showroom.
On display in the showroom were elegant women in long black pants and finely lapelled jackets and trenches.
His showroom remains in Antwerp rather than a major fashion capital like Paris or London.
Gucci sounded the opening bell of a week of runway presentations and showroom installations.
Historical Examples
"That's all right," Polatkin said as he led the way to the showroom.
Elkan Lubliner, AmericanMontague Glass
Elkan made no reply, but walked to the centre of the showroom.
Elkan Lubliner, AmericanMontague Glass
Polatkin walked across the showroom to the rack in question.
Elkan Lubliner, AmericanMontague Glass
If Miss Kennedy herself did not attend to the showroom, what would she do?
All Sorts and Conditions of MenWalter Besant
"Here I am, Aaron," Sam said, as he came fairly running from the showroom.
The Competitive NephewMontague Glass
showroom
- a room in which goods, such as cars, are on display
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Word Origin and History for showroom
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