supermarket

supermarket
A business establishment, essentially of the modern age, consisting of a large, sometimes gigantic, store stocked with food of all kinds and varieties, quantities of all items of goods and merchandise found in ordinary grocery stores, some articles of hardware, even some articles of clothing, and operating under a self-help plan, the customers taking the packages and articles from the shelf or bin, and paying for them at a place near the exit known as a check-out.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • supermarket — /su:pə mɑ:kit/, it. /super market/ s. ingl. [comp. di super e market mercato ], usato in ital. al masch. (comm.) [grande magazzino per la vendita self service di prodotti alimentari e domestici] ▶◀ [➨ supermercato] …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • supermarket — 1933, Amer.Eng., from SUPER (Cf. super ) + MARKET (Cf. market). The 1933 reference is in an article that says the stores themselves began to open around 1931 …   Etymology dictionary

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