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out⋅let

[out-let, -lit]
–noun
1. an opening or passage by which anything is let out; vent; exit.
2. Electricity.
a. a point on a wiring system at which current is taken to supply electric devices.
b. Also called outlet box. the metal box or receptacle designed to facilitate connections to a wiring system.
3. a means of expression or satisfaction: an outlet for one's artistic impulses.
4. a market for goods.
5. a store, merchant, or agency selling the goods of a particular wholesaler or manufacturer.
6. a local radio or television station that broadcasts the programs of a large network.
7. a river or stream flowing from a body of water, as a lake or pond.
8. the channel such a river or stream follows.
9. the lower end or mouth of a river where it meets a large body of water, as a lake or the sea.

Origin:
1200–50; ME utlete. See out, let 1
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Word Origin & History

outlet 
c.1250, originally "a river mouth," from out + let (v.). Electrical wiring sense is attested from 1892. Meaning "a retail store" is attested from 1933.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: out·let
Pronunciation: 'aut-"let, -l&t
Function: noun
1 : an opening or a place through which something is let out outlet>
2 : a means of release or satisfaction for an emotion or impulse outlet in all of thegroups after age twenty —A. C. Kinsey et al>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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