grocery

/ˈgrəʊsəri/ noun COMMERCE

Definition

› [C] (US grocery store) a store that sells food and small things for the home: America's largest grocery store chain will be bringing two new stores to Oakland.

groceries [plural] › the food that you buy in a store: More people are buying their groceries online.

(Definition of grocery noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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