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showroom
[ shoh-room, -room ]
noun
- a room used for the display of goods or merchandise.
verb (used without object)
- to come into a store to view merchandise and then purchase it from a competitor, usually online, as to get a lower price or wider selection:
For shoes, I usually showroom at a couple of stores, then buy them cheaper online.
- to be used as a place to view rather than buy merchandise:
No store wants to showroom for a website.
verb (used with object)
- to display (merchandise) in a showroom.
- to enter a store and view (merchandise) before purchasing it from a competitor, usually online.
- to use or encourage people to use (a store) as a place to view rather than buy merchandise:
The online retailers are showrooming us out of business.
We’re being showroomed by consumers who browse our stores without buying.
showroom
/ ˈʃəʊˌruːm; -ˌrʊm /
noun
- a room in which goods, such as cars, are on display
Other Word Forms
- Ƿ۴ǴdziԲ noun
Example Sentences
He poured in millions of marketing dollars, opening Ola showrooms across India, even delivering scooters at the doorstep of people who'd made online bookings.
The tariffs “would be devastating if it happens,” she said at Nghia’s small showroom in Garden Grove.
A luxury watch retailer has confirmed it will close 16 showrooms across the country and has put dozens of roles at risk.
As we were scouring the racks from Archived, a rare designer fashion and furniture showroom, one of my Design.Space companions, an editor, noted: “Alex Israel just took his glasses off.”
The billionaire is suing because Wisconsin bans car manufacturers from owning dealerships, but Tesla's business model involves running its own showrooms.
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