"mercantile establishment" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: business establishment, place of business - an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered
subtypes:
- country store, general store, trading post - a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise
- department store, emporium - a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
- discount house, discount store, discounter, wholesale house - a sales outlet offering goods at a discounted price
- market, market place, marketplace, mart - an area in a town where a public mercantile establishment is set up
- center, mall, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall - mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace
- shop, store - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
- strip mall - a mercantile establishment consisting of a row of various stores and business and restaurants along a road or busy street; usually opening on a parking lot
has: merchandise, product, ware - commodities offered for sale

same as: outlet, retail store, sales outlet