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commissary noun
/ˈkɒm.ɪ.sər.i/
/ˈkɑː.mə.ser-/ n [C] US Definition
a shop which supplies food and goods, especially to people in the army or in prison
(Definition of commissary noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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