emporium
/ɛmˈpoɹ.i.əm/ noun C2- A city or region which is a major trading centre; also, a place within a city for commerce and trading; a marketplace.
- A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods. · With a name like “The Wine and Spirits Emporium”, no wonder the prices are so high.
- A business set up to enable foreign traders to engage in commerce in a country; a factory (now the more common term).
Plural emporiums
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The founder of that great emporium proved to be a brisk, crisp little person, very dapper and quick, with a clear head and a ready tongue.
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