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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a retail store serving a sparsely populated region; usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise [syn: country store, general store, trading post]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1773 1. a station of a trader or trading company established in a sparsely settled region where trade in products of local origin (as furs) is carried on 2. post VI,3b

Moby Thesaurus

boutique, chain store, co-op, concession, cooperative, countinghouse, country store, department store, dime store, discount house, discount store, emporium, establishment, five-and-ten, general store, house, magasin, mail-order house, market, mart, post, retail store, salon, shop, store, supermarket, variety shop, variety store, warehouse, wareroom, wholesale house