emporium
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- IPA /ɛmˈpɔː.ɹi.əm/
Noun
emporium noun
- A city or region which is a major trading centre; also, a place within a city for commerce and trading; a marketplace.
- A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods.“With a name like “The Wine and Spirits Emporium”, no wonder the prices are so high.”
- A business set up to enable foreign traders to engage in commerce in a country; a factory (now the more common term).
- (by extension) The brain.
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department storemartboutiquestoreshopentrepôtmarketplaceentrepotmarket placetradeshoppretoriumbazaarforumparlorfactorymarket
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