0 a large shop in which people are encouraged to look at the goods that are on sale before buying them: --
1 a room in which goods for sale are arranged: --
a car dealer’s showroom
2 a large store in which people can look at goods before buying them: --
An exclusive dealership may, however, sell to any potential buyer that approaches its showroom.
Up and down the country these showrooms are on prime sites in every high street and in all the new shopping precincts.
The argument that we must maintain highly expensive central high street showrooms for the payment of accounts does not hold water.
Is not a motor car showroom anywhere in the country just part of the manufacturing chain involved in turning rough metal into cars?
Because of nondelivery to showrooms, the distributors and wholesalers may have a complaint against those who have disrupted supplies.
The point is that slick salesmen can operate in shops, garages and showrooms as smoothly as on the doorstep or in the parlour.
The law says that a showroom is a retail shop; a petrol forecourt is a retail shop.
Instead, there are to be warehouses, motorcar showrooms, and the like.