hypermarket

/ˈhaɪpəˌmɑːkɪt/ noun [C] UK

Definition

› COMMERCE a very large store that is a type of supermarket and that is usually built outside of the centre of a town, selling food and other products such as clothes, furniture, and goods for the home: The supermarket chain, which already owns hypermarkets in Eastern Europe, Thailand, Korea and Taiwan, is looking to open in Malaysia.

→ See also superstore → See Note store

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

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