dollar store
A retail store selling inexpensive items, especially one in which all items have a…A retail store selling inexpensive items, especially one in which all items have a price of one dollar. (The latter type, whose name has the literal meaning, were formerly common and are now rare.)
» “One dollar store” is my favorite store.
"Всё по 50 рублей" - это мой любимый магазин. — Ivanovb
"Всё по одному доллару" - это мой любимый магазин. — Ivanovb
"Всё за один доллар" - это мой любимый магазин. — Ivanovb
Ivanovb · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(Canada, US)A retail store selling inexpensive items, especially one in which all items have a price of one dollar. (The latter type, whose name has the literal meaning, were formerly common and are now rare.)
Near-synonyms: five-and-dime, five-and-ten, dime store; pound shop (UK), $2 shop (AU, NZ), ten-dollar store (Hong Kong English)
(historical)A government-owned shop in Cuba that sold goods mainly to foreigners and solely in exchange for hard currency.
Examples
8 sentences“One dollar store” is my favorite store.
ru"Всё по 50 рублей" - это мой любимый магазин. — Ivanovb
That was being sold at a dollar store.
Do you need anything from the dollar store?
He bought a case for his phone at the dollar store.
The dollar store earbuds worked better than I expected.
Translations
2 languagesForms
plural: dollar stores| Singular | dollar store |
|---|---|
| Plural | dollar stores |
regular