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supermarket

[soo-per-mahr-kit]

noun

  1. a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.

  2. any business or company offering an unusually wide range of goods or services.

    a financial supermarket that sells stocks, bonds, insurance, and real estate.



supermarket

/ ˈːəˌɑːɪ /

noun

  1. a large self-service store retailing food and household supplies

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of supermarket1

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; super- + market
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The BBC reported in February the supermarkets were displaying posters and video screens showing devices which create a nicotine-containing vapour by heating tobacco with an electric current.

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He was accused of the murder in a Glasgow supermarket car park in 2010, but was later acquitted due to a lack of evidence.

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The cost of crude oil affects everything from the price of food at the supermarket to how much it costs to fill up your car.

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The last major Southern California grocery strike in 2003 and 2004 roiled the region’s supermarkets, paving the way for new chains.

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There are also various donation points at supermarkets across Lincoln where dry goods can be dropped off.

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