Emporium

noun

/ɛmˈpɔː.ɹi.əm/

Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.nounA city or region which is a major trading centre; also, a place within a city for commerce and trading; a marketplace.

2.nounA shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods.

"With a name like “The Wine and Spirits Emporium”, no wonder the prices are so high."

3.nounA business set up to enable foreign traders to engage in commerce in a country; a factory (now the more common term).

4.noun(by extension) The brain.

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