Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dollar store

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables
dol-lar -s-tore
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A retail store selling inexpensive items, especially one in which all items have a price of one dollar. (The latter type, whose name has the literal meaning, were formerly common and are now rare.)

Canadian usage; American usage

noun

A government-owned shop in Cuba that sold goods mainly to foreigners and solely in exchange for hard currency.

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

dollar stores (plural)

Phrases

dollar-store

Synonyms

five-and-dime five-and-ten dime store pound shop $2 shop ten-dollar store

Questions

What does dollar store mean?
A retail store selling inexpensive items, especially one in which all items have a price of one dollar. (The latter type, whose name has the literal meaning, were formerly common and are now rare.)

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