general store

general store

English

Noun

general store (plural general stores)

1. A store which sells a large variety of useful things, without specializing highly in any particular type of merchandise, and which is not departmentalized.

Synonyms

• general merchandise store, general dealer

Coordinate terms

• village shop

Translations

a store which sells a large variety of useful things

Chinese: Mandarin: 百貨商店 (zh), 百货商店 (zh) (bǎihuò shāngdiàn) Finnish: sekatavarakauppa (fi) French: magasin général m, grand magasin (fr) m

German: Kaufhaus (de) n, Kramladen (de) m Japanese: 百貨店 (ja) (ひゃっかてん, hyakkaten), 雑貨屋 (ざっかや, zakkaya) Manx: yl-stoyr Russian: универса́льный магази́н (ru) m (universálʹnyj magazín), универма́г (ru) m (univermág), универса́м (ru) m (universám)