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nounA large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain.synonyms: department store

Renowned London department store. It was founded by a miller, Henry Charles Harrod, as a grocery store in 1849. The store expanded in the late 1800s, and many new departments were added. Though Harrods still sells gourmet food, it now emphasizes fashionable clothing. Known for its zealous customer service, it is considered the best ...

... an establishment for the retail sale of goods and services short for department store a storage place such as a warehouse or depository Computing chiefly Brit. Another name for memory a pig that has not yet been weaned and weighs less than 40 kg

... , 1906, New York, N.Y.) U.S. Department-store owner. Born on a farm, he became an errand boy for a dry-goods store at age 16. He moved to Chicago and was hired in 1856 by a mercantile house, in which he later attained full partnership. In 1867 he and a partner bought the merchandising firm they had joined two years earlier, and in 1888 he bought out his partner ...

... is evident in the many forms it now takes, including vending machines, door-to-door and telephone sales, direct-mail marketing, the Internet, discount houses, specialty stores, department stores, supermarkets, and consumer cooperatives.