What does SUPERMARKET mean?

Definitions for SUPERMARKET
ˈsu pərˌmɑr kɪtsu·per·mar·ket

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. supermarketnoun

    a large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods

Wiktionary

  1. supermarketnoun

    A large self-service store that sells groceries and, usually, medications, household goods and/or clothing.

  2. supermarketnoun

    A chain of such stores.

Wikipedia

  1. Supermarket

    A supermarket is a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food, beverages and household products, organized into sections. This kind of store is larger and has a wider selection than earlier grocery stores, but is smaller and more limited in the range of merchandise than a hypermarket or big-box market. In everyday U.S. usage, however, "grocery store" is often used to mean "supermarket". The supermarket typically has places for fresh meat, fresh produce, dairy, deli items, baked goods, etc. Shelf space is also reserved for canned and packaged goods and for various non-food items such as kitchenware, household cleaners, pharmacy products and pet supplies. Some supermarkets also sell other household products that are consumed regularly, such as alcohol (where permitted), medicine, and clothing, and some sell a much wider range of non-food products: DVDs, sporting equipment, board games, and seasonal items (e.g., Christmas wrapping paper in December). A larger full-service supermarket combined with a department store is sometimes known as a hypermarket. Other services may include those of banks, cafés, childcare centers/creches, insurance (and other financial services), mobile phone services, photo processing, video rentals, pharmacies, and gas stations. If the eatery in a supermarket is substantial enough, the facility may be called a "grocerant", a blend of "grocery" and "restaurant".The traditional supermarket occupies a large amount of floor space, usually on a single level. It is usually situated near a residential area in order to be convenient to consumers. The basic appeal is the availability of a broad selection of goods under a single roof, at relatively low prices. Other advantages include ease of parking and frequently the convenience of shopping hours that extend into the evening or even 24 hours of the day. Supermarkets usually allocate large budgets to advertising, typically through newspapers. They also present elaborate in-shop displays of products. Supermarkets typically are chain stores, supplied by the distribution centers of their parent companies, thus increasing opportunities for economies of scale. Supermarkets usually offer products at relatively low prices by using their buying power to buy goods from manufacturers at lower prices than smaller stores can. They also minimise financing costs by paying for goods at least 30 days after receipt and some extract credit terms of 90 days or more from vendors. Certain products (typically staple foods such as bread, milk and sugar) are very occasionally sold as loss leaders so as to attract shoppers to their store. Supermarkets make up for their low margins by a high volume of sales, and with of higher-margin items bought by the attracted shoppers. Self-service with shopping carts (trolleys) or baskets reduces labor costs, and many supermarket chains are attempting further reduction by shifting to self-service check-out.

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  1. supermarket

    A supermarket is a large self-service retail store that sells a wide variety of goods including groceries, fresh produce, meat, baked goods, dairy products, household items, and sometimes clothing and electronics. It often includes sections for various specialty items such as pharmacy products, pet supplies, or gardening tools. The items are typically organized into different departments or aisles for easy shopping. Supermarkets also offer various customer services like home delivery or loyalty programs.

Wikidata

  1. Supermarket

    A supermarket, a large form of the traditional grocery store, is a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food and household products, organized into aisles. It is larger in size and has a wider selection than a traditional grocery store, but is smaller and more limited in the range of merchandise than a hypermarket or big-box market. The supermarket typically comprises meat, fresh produce, dairy, and baked goods aisles, along with shelf space reserved for canned and packaged goods as well as for various non-food items such as kitchenware, household cleaners, pharmacy products and pet supplies. Some supermarkets also sell a variety of other household products that are consumed regularly, such as alcohol, medicine, and clothes, and some stores sell a much wider range of non-food products: DVDs, sporting equipment, board games, and seasonal items. The traditional supermarket occupies a large amount of floor space, usually on a single level. It is usually situated near a residential area in order to be convenient to consumers. The basic appeal is the availability of a broad selection of goods under a single roof, at relatively low prices. Other advantages include ease of parking and frequently the convenience of shopping hours that extend into the evening or even 24 hours a day. Supermarkets usually allocate large budgets to advertising, typically through newspapers. They also present elaborate in-shop displays of products. The shops are usually part of corporate chains that own or control other supermarkets located nearby—even transnationally—thus increasing opportunities for economies of scale.

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  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'SUPERMARKET' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4758

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'SUPERMARKET' in Nouns Frequency: #2172

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of SUPERMARKET in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of SUPERMARKET in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of SUPERMARKET in a Sentence

  1. Tom Holder:

    Some retailers will be prepared to take a much lower margin, if not potentially small losses, [ to ] make [ sure ] people come through the door, no one wants to go to the supermarket that has the high-priced milk.

  2. Roger McGuinn:

    I've got an electric little motorcycle that I go to the supermarket with every day, and it's powered by the solar panels, so it's really got a zero carbon footprint.

  3. Flor Gaviria:

    A chicken in the supermarket costs 4,000 bolivars, and you have to practically kill yourself to get it.

  4. Arsenio Manzanares:

    It's become a security problem to bring trucks to big supermarket stores, this wasn't a problem before, but now with these queues, people see a truck and they lunge for it.

  5. Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri:

    I have felt a lot of emotion. People are waiting for us on the street and the supermarket and at the training ground. They say' thank you for what you are doing', it's not difficult to understand this. It's easy to understand. For the first time in their life the people can win the title, the Premier League. It's unbelievable. It's history and we know this.

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