0 (one of) a group of shops that belong to a single company, have the same appearance, and sell similar goods
1 a store that is part of a chain of similar stores selling the same type of product, and that are all owned and controlled by the same organization:
Chain stores also have furnished capital to small manufacturers, contracting for the bulk of their output.
Others produce a somewhat better hat, such as is sold by chain stores.
The greater part of the membership was loyal during critical times when the easy way would have been to withdraw and trade at chain stores.
Arrangements as diverse as the money economy, classical education, the chain store, fundamentalism and democracy are institutions.
Any chain store wishing to start a new business during the war period should have a licence.
In 1990, the chain store applied to open a pharmacy.
There is a range of fourteen available in the chain store.
These spectacles are sold by a reputable chain store.
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(一間)連鎖店…
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(一家)连锁店…
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tienda de una cadena, cadena de tiendas [feminine], franquicia [feminine]…
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filial, rede de lojas…
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mağazalar zinciri…
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magasin [masculine] faisant partie d’une chaîne, magasin (à succursales multiples)…
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filiálka (obchodního domu)…
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kædeforretning…
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