storefront

[ stawr-fruhnt, stohr- ]

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noun

the side of a store facing a street, usually containing display windows.
a store or other establishment that has frontage on a street or thoroughfare:
After the fire the family took shelter temporarily in an abandoned storefront.

adjective

of or relating to the frontage of a store, especially the display windows:
a storefront sign.
located or operating in a storelike area, room, or set of rooms fronting on a street:
a storefront community center.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of storefront¹

First recorded in 1935–40; store + front

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It will be among the first storefronts in the state for T&T Supermarket, which has more than 33 stores in Vancouver, Toronto and other Canadian cities.

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The company will close as many as 200 storefronts in total, the majority of which have been in operation for more than 30 years.

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The site will then lead you through a series of steps to set up a storefront and your payment preferences.

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Security cameras from nearby businesses captured the burglars as they walked in and out of a vacant storefront.

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Federal prosecutors have accused the men of operating 10 virtual storefronts on 17 different dark web marketplaces from September 2018 through February, the department said in a statement.

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store card storehouse

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