0 a large store, usually not in the centre of a town, that sells goods at low prices, especially large goods or large quantities of goods --
1 a very large store that sells products at lower than usual prices: --
Often prices depend on the size of the store and goods are cheaper in larger garages and discount warehouses than in corner shops and other small outlets.
Many traders, especially in the face of competition from discount warehouses, find it very difficult, as it is, to maintain a satisfactory service.
Total deregulation will certainly help large supermarkets and discount warehouses.
Those which do open tend to be a certain type of operation—for example, large discount warehouses—or they are in a particular kind of location.
The latest complaint in my constituency is of a large discount warehouse which includes such a clause.
It therefore generally includes all single-storey retail buildings, including the increasingly popular discount warehouse-type stores that are open to the public.
