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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 968 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, See also:Late See also:Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, See also:supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)  , a stock or See also:supply of provisions, goods or other necessaries kept for future daily or recurrent use or for a specific purpose; thus the See also:term applies equally to the domestic supply of provisions, &c., and to the accumulated stock of arms, See also:ammunition, clothing, See also:food, &c., kept for the See also:general use of a See also:navy or See also:army . A See also:common secondary meaning is that of the See also:place where a supply or stock is kept, a storehouse, and thus the term is used particularly in the See also:country districts of See also:America for the general See also:shop where goods of all kinds are sold by See also:retail . In See also:English the term " stores " has come into use for large general shops with many departments selling all kinds of goods .

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