RETAIL CHAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does retail chain mean? 

• RETAIL CHAIN (noun)
  The noun RETAIL CHAIN has 1 sense:

1. a chain of retail stores

  Familiarity information: RETAIL CHAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RETAIL CHAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chain of retail stores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("retail chain" is a kind of...):

chain ((business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership)

distributor (a company that markets merchandise)

Meronyms (members of "retail chain"):

department store; emporium (a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain)