What is a store?

Answer 1

store (stôr, str)
n.
1. A place where merchandise is offered for sale; a shop.
2. A stock or supply reserved for future use: a squirrel's store of acorns.
3. stores Supplies, especially of food, clothing, or arms.
4. A place where commodities are kept; a warehouse or storehouse.
5. A great quantity or number; an abundance.
tr.v. stored, stor·ing, stores
1. To reserve or put away for future use.
2. To fill, supply, or stock.
3. To deposit or receive in a storehouse or warehouse for safekeeping.
4. Computer Science To copy (data) into memory or onto a storage device, such as a hard disk.
Idiom:
in store
1. Forthcoming: great trouble in store for her.
2. In reserve; stored.

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[Middle English stor, supply, from Old French estor, from estorer, to build, from Latin nstaurre, to restore; see st- in Indo-European roots.]

Answer 2

A store is an enclosure for holding articles. It is usually secured from theft. One type of store to which the word is often applied is a store from where a retail business is run, otherwise known as a shop. See Retailer for the main article on this latter usage.

Answer 3

Are you serious.? A store is a place where merchandise is sold. To store is a verb meaning to place something in reserve.

Answer 4

Store is where you have items stored! Could be for sale, or for safe keeping, or for future use!