| retail | the selling of goods to consumers, usually in small quantities and not for resale |
buffer buffer storage
buffer store | (computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device, used to compensate for differences in the rate of flow of data between components of a computer system |
building supply store
building supply house | a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures |
| chain store | one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise |
clothing store
haberdashery haberdashery store
mens store | a store where men's clothes are sold |
| computer store | a store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user |
confectionery
confectionary
candy store | a confectioner's shop |
| convenience store | a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items, open long hours for the convenience of customers |
country store
general store
trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
department store
emporium | a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise, commonly part of a retail chain |
discount house
discount store
discounter
wholesale house | a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price |
florist
florist shop
flower store | a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold |
| garage service department | a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired |
grocery store
grocery
food market
market | a marketplace where groceries are sold, the grocery store included a meat market |
hardware store
ironmonger
ironmonger's shop | a store selling hardware, in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop |
magazine powder store
powder magazine | a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored |
memory
computer memory
storage computer storage
store memory board | an electronic memory device, a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached |
mercantile establishment
retail store
sales outlet
outlet | a place of business for retailing goods |
munition ordnance
ordnance store | military supplies |
package store
liquor store
off-licence | a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere |
push-down storage
push-down store
stack | a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO) |
shoe shop
shoe-shop
shoe store | a shop where shoes are sold |
shop
store | a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services, he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod |
| small stores | personal items conforming to regulations that are sold aboard ship or at a naval base and charged to the person's pay |
| specialty store | a store that sells only one kind of merchandise |
storehouse
depot entrepot storage
store | a depository for goods, storehouses were built close to the docks |
thriftshop
second-hand store | a shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices |
| department | a specialized sphere of knowledge, baking is not my department, his work established a new department of literature |
| retail price index | an index of changes in retail prices |
rat cheese
store cheese | informal names for American cheddar |
| retail chain | a chain of retail stores |
jewelry dealer
jewelry store | a firm that sells and buys jewelry |
department
section | a specialized division of a large organization, you'll find it in the hardware department, she got a job in the historical section of the Treasury |
| academic department | a division of a school that is responsible for a given subject |
anthropology department
department of anthropology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in anthropology |
| art department | the academic department responsible for teaching art and art appreciation |
biology department
department of biology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in biology |
chemistry department
department of chemistry | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in chemistry |
| department of computer science | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in computer science |
economics department
department of economics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in economics |
English department
department of English | the academic department responsible for teaching English and American literature |
history department
department of history | the academic department responsible for teaching history |
linguistics department
department of linguistics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in linguistics |
mathematics department
department of mathematics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in mathematics |
philosophy department
department of philosophy | the academic department responsible for teaching philosophy |
physics department
department of physics | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in physics |
music department
department of music | the academic department responsible for teaching music and music appreciation |
psychology department
department of psychology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in psychology |
sociology department
department of sociology | the academic department responsible for teaching and research in sociology |
| business department | a division of a business firm |