chain_store has definitions from the field of business
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[ noun ] (business) one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise

Used in print

(John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)

Moreover , the larger and more aggressive mass distribution outlets and chain_stores have insisted on high_quality - and the customer seems to have caught_on .

Related terms

shop chain

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