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su⋅per⋅mar⋅ket

[soo-per-mahr-kit]
–noun
1. a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
2. any business or company offering an unusually wide range of goods or services: a financial supermarket that sells stocks, bonds, insurance, and real estate.

Origin:
1920–25, Americanism; super- + market
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su·per·mar·ket   (sōō'pər-mär'kĭt)   
n.  A large self-service retail market that sells food and household goods.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

supermarket 
1933, Amer.Eng., from super- + market. The 1933 reference is in an article that says the stores themselves began to open around 1931.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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