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Discover LudwigThe term "chain store" is perfectly acceptable in written English, and is used to describe a business that has multiple locations.
For example: "My favorite department store is a chain store with locations all over the country."
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chain store
noun
A retail outlet that is one of a group of similar establishments having common format, contents, ownership and management.
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Everything is a chain store.
Talbot's is the only chain store.
There's pizzeria, a chain store or two, a few banks.
They are still on sale in every chain store now.
In other words, another same-old chain store.
Chain store sales are up, as are auto sales.
Similar(15)
Chain-store sales remain weak.
Chain-store coffee in a paper cup.
Chain-store sales climbed 4.8 percent in January.
The closest supermarket is in Frenchtown; Flemington, about five miles southeast, offers various chain-store outlets.
Chain-store music retailers are taking fewer and fewer jazz albums.
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