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store

• 1a † n. a retail shop.

  • 1764  Alexander Mackenzie & John Grant, Have to sell at their Store, in the Low-Town of Quebec, A Great Variety of Goods. . . .
  • 1827  (1829)  The towns are full of shops, or what are called stores.
  • 1966  The new store has a total area of over 20,000 sq. ft. with approximately 13,000 sq. ft. devoted to sales area and the balance to stockroom.

• 1b n. Hist. See store pay quotes.

  See also: store pay  

  • 1832  (1833)  I have 5 s. a day, and 2 s. 6 d. per day in store, what they call it: you must take clothes, shoes, hats, or any thing that your master works for, and I take 15 s. a week paid in money.

• 2 † n. Maritimes a shore building where offshore fishermen store gear and sometimes cure their fish.

  See also: fish house (def. 1)  

  • 1957  He was at the shore in the store (fish house) and when he went outside a sea gull flew very low.