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mercantile establishment
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Noun mercantile establishment has 1 sense
- mercantile establishment(n = noun.artifact) outlet, retail store, sales outlet - a place of business for retailing goods; Array has particulars: country store, general store, trading post, department store, emporium, discount house, discount store, discounter, wholesale house, market, market place, marketplace, mart, center, mall, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall, shop, store, strip mall
has parts: merchandise, product, ware
is a kind of business establishment, place of business
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