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• STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)  , a stock or See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of provisions, goods or other necessaries kept for future daily or recurrent use or for a specific purpose; thus the See also:

• TERM

term applies equally to the domestic supply of provisions, &c., and to the accumulated stock of arms, See also:

• AMMUNITION

ammunition, clothing, See also:

• FOOD
• FOOD (like the verb " to feed," from a Teutonic root, whence O. Eng. foda; cf. " fodder "; connected with Gr. lrareicOae, to feed)

food, &c., kept for the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general use of a See also:

• NAVY

navy or See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . A See also:

• COMMON

common secondary meaning is that of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place where a supply or stock is kept, a storehouse, and thus the term is used particularly in the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country districts of See also:

• AMERICA

America for the general See also:

• SHOP

shop where goods of all kinds are sold by See also:

• RETAIL

retail . In See also:

• ENGLISH

English the term " stores " has come into use for large general shops with many departments selling all kinds of goods .