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noun

a small shop or a small specialty department within a larger store, especially one that sells fashionable clothes and accessories or a special selection of other merchandise.

any small, exclusive business offering customized service: Our advertising is handled by a new Madison Avenue boutique.

Informal. a small business, department, etc., specializing in one aspect of a larger industry: one of Wall Street's leading research boutiques.

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of, designating, or characteristic of a small, exclusive producer or business: one of California's best boutique wineries.

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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Origin:
1760–70; < French, Middle French, probably < Old Provençal botica, botiga (with Late Greek ē > ī) < Greek apothḗkē; see apothecary, bottega

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Colombia's luxury quotient continues to bubble with the openings of two boutique hotels.

Power may shift in two other directions: abroad and, to a lesser extent, to boutique investment banks.

There's a bargain-priced boutique hostel in the district.

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Colombia's luxury quotient continues to bubble with the openings of two boutique hotels.

Power may shift in two other directions: abroad and, to a lesser extent, to boutique investment banks.

There's a bargain-priced boutique hostel in the district.

There is one individual who claims that in a boutique of flowers he could put the equivalent of eight pages of text.

Their goal is to complete the work this summer and launch it as a luxury boutique hotel not long after that.

It has the serendipitous charm of a flea market, but the quality of a high-end boutique.

But there are all kinds of boutique automakers producing small.

Perella in his still unnamed high-profile boutique investment bank.

The biggest area of expansion for boutique managers over the past decade has, of course, been in hedge funds.

Barbara is a boutique hotel with original, abstract paintings on the walls and tasteful wooden furniture on wooden floors.

Rap stars will slap their names on anything these days: clothes, shoes, boutique water.

Dozens of local boutique growers are finally getting a handle on the deceptively simple art of oyster farming.

And industrial biotechnology looks set to make further inroads into the market for boutique chemicals.

Twelve acres of the cloud forest were restored during the construction of this boutique property.

What flip-flops are not is micro-suede boutique footwear with built-in flashlights.

If quick-fix high street stores make you dizzy, then allow yourself the pleasure of the boutique experience.

The experience of some once-booming boutique consultancies has been even worse.

Boutique hotel, popular for high-end parties, but the music is versatile.

The jewelry is then displayed in your boutique where you can sell it and interact with customers.

Investors have options today and quite a large boutique of attractive options are available to choose.

He wasn't making money from dairy, but rather than let his farm fail, he planted apple trees and now sells boutique cider.

Ready for prime time despite boutique nature of manufacturer, with a solid, clean design.

So, you get a bunch of vaguely profitable boutique stores that the owner loves running until the bills break him.

The redevelopment of the old market into a boutique zone loses the authenticity.

In the last few years, a number of boutique industrial design shops have sprung up focusing on consumer electronics.

It is better to be the factory girl long term than the boutique sales girl.

It's the only thing his three-man, boutique firm does.

In the long-term large profit margens will only go to boutique companies who sell on user-experience and services, not on specs.

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boutique (buːˈtiːk)

—n
1.	a shop, esp a small one selling fashionable clothes and other items
2.	a. of or denoting a small specialized producer or business
	b. (as modifier): a boutique winery
3.	a small specialized stall or shopping area within a supermarket, esp selling fresh meat, seafood, etc

[C18: from French, probably from Old Provençal botica, ultimately from Greek apothēkē storehouse; see apothecary]

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boutique

"fashion shop," 1953, earlier "small shop of any sort" (1767), from Fr. boutique (14c.), from O.Prov. botica, from Gk. apotheke (see apothecary).

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