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company store

noun

  1. a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of company store1

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

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Example Sentences

Walmart stopped selling handguns and certain types of ammunition last September, after shootings at company stores left at least 24 people dead.

The inevitable company store was connected with the stage yard, but it was not so odious then as now.

As without exception these women kept house, the company "van" speedily expanded to a company store.

Some of the bosses are too hard on 'em, sir, an' a good many think it's like sellin' theirselves to deal at the company store.

These included small supplies such as candy and fruits, and they were on sale at the usual post exchange or company store.

Except at the company store, this scrip was worth only from seventy to ninety cents on the dollar.

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