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post exchange
noun
- a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. : PX
post exchange
noun
- a government-subsidized shop operated mainly for military personnel PX
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Word History and Origins
Origin of post exchange1
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Example Sentences
These included small supplies such as candy and fruits, and they were on sale at the usual post exchange or company store.
They located the mess halls, the base movie house, post exchange, and post office.
If he passed one of the same officers later in the day, for example in front of the post exchange, he would salute again.
Mess over, we all hie out to the two main roads that lead to the Post Exchange, jingling coins in our trouser pockets.
"Viscol," obtainable from the post exchange, is the best oil for softening all kinds of leather that the author knows of.
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