store

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.

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.

in store

1. Forthcoming: great trouble in store for her.
2. In reserve; stored.

[Middle English stor, supply, from Old French estor, from estorer, to build, from Latin īnstaurāre, to restore.]

To copy the data in the computer's memory to an external storage device such as a disk, tape or flash memory card. To store something is the same as saving it, which means writing the data on a storage device.

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Establishment used for the purpose of selling merchandise and services, usually at the retail level. Stores range in size from small shops to large modern shopping malls and supermarkets.

noun

1. A retail establishment where merchandise is sold: boutique, emporium, outlet, shop. See transactions.
2. A supply stored or hidden for future use: backlog, cache, hoard, inventory, nest egg, reserve, reservoir, stock, stockpile, treasure. Slang stash. See collect/distribute.
3. A place where something is deposited for safekeeping: archive, depository, magazine, repository, storehouse, warehouse. See keep/release.

verb

1. To accumulate and set aside for future use. lay in, lay up, save (up), stockpile. See keep/release.
2. To have or put in a customary place: keep. See place.

Definition: collection, supply
Antonyms: debt, need

v

Definition: collect and put aside
Antonyms: squander, use, waste

As "a collection of things," store was known in English centuries before English speakers came to North America. But as "a collection of things to be sold"--that was an American invention.

We used store rather than the British shop because of the way business was conducted in the colonies. Distances were great, travel was difficult, cities and even towns were few. It was necessary for the colonists, like the American Indians, to be largely self-sufficient. They laid in their own stores, both home grown and imported. When they had excess or need, they would trade from each other's stores. So in a Philadelphia weekly newspaper of 1721 we read, "At a Store under George Mifflins House...are several Sorts of English Goods to be sold." In time, such stores became the equivalent of English shops.

Or perhaps not quite. Store suggests abundance, and Americans have always been interested in life, liberty, and the pursuit of abundance. Rather than being content with little shops, we continue to conglomerate big stores, mega and super, where we can find abundance of everything under one roof.

[prob.: from techspeak main store] In some varieties of Commonwealth hackish, the preferred synonym for core. Thus, bringing a program into store means not that one is returning shrink-wrapped software but that a program is being swapped in.

1. A place where goods are kept for sale; a shop.
2. A place where goods or materials are accumulated and kept for future use.

Used with reference to any species. Indicates that the animal is in a lean, lightweight condition, usually young and in most cases recently weaned. They are in a growing in stature phase and ready for good pasture so that in 2 to 5 months they have grown well and are ready for sale as replacement heifers or to go into lots as feeders.

• forward s. — meat sheep in good enough condition to go to the butcher but in need of topping off to be classified as prime.

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Store may refer to:

• A retail store type:
  • Anchor store
  • Big-box store
  • Chain store
  • Confectionery store
  • Convenience store
  • Department store
  • Discount store
  • General store
  • Grocery store
  • Hardware store
  • Health food store
  • Hobby store
  • Hypermarket
  • Liquor store
  • Newsagent
  • Online shopping
  • Outlet store
  • Pet store
  • Specialty store
  • State store
  • Supermarket
  • Surplus store
  • Survival store
  • Toy store
  • Variety store
  • Warehouse store

• In the military:
  • Ammunition dump
  • Magazine (artillery)

See also

• Storage (disambiguation)
• Store and forward
• Store-within-a-store

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lager, forråd, magasin, depot, pakhus, lagerbygning, forretning
v. tr. - opbevare, opdynge, opmagasinere, oplagre, forsyne, proviantere

idioms:

• in store    på lager
• store card    indkøbsvogn
• store up    opbevare, lagre op

Nederlands (Dutch)
winkel, zaak, voorraad, opslaan, geheugen, schat, opbergen, in het geheugen stoppen, bewaren

Français (French)
n. - magasin, boutique, réserve, provision, fonds, garde-meuble, (Comm) entrepôt, (Mil) magasin, réservoir de stockage, provisions (npl)
v. tr. - conserver, stocker, ranger, (Agric) engranger, faire des provisions, accumuler, contenir, (Comput) mettre (qch) en mémoire, mémoriser

idioms:

• in store    rangé, en mémoire, en réserve, (mettre qch) au garde-meuble/en magasin, entreposer
• put store by    attacher de l'importance à
• put store on    attacher de l'importance à
• store card    (Comm, Fin) carte de crédit (de grand magasin)
• store up    accumuler, (fig) accumuler

Deutsch (German)
v. - lagern, speichern, aufnehmen
n. - Laden, Kaufhaus, Lager, Vorrat, Speicher

idioms:

• in store    auf Lager
• put store by    [großen] Wert auf etw. legen
• put store on    [großen] Wert auf etw. legen
• store card    Kreditkarte eines Kaufhauses
• store up    speichern

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποθηκεύω, μαζεύω, συσσωρεύω
n. - απόθεμα, παρακαταθήκη, στοκ, εμπορικό, κατάστημα, αποθήκη (υλικού), (πληθ.) εφόδια, (Η/Υ) μνήμη

idioms:

• in store    επερχόμενος, επαπειλούμενος, που επιφυλάσσει το μέλλον, σε άμεση διάθεση, ετοιμοπαράδοτος
• store card    πιστωτική κάρτα καταστήματος
• store up    συσσωρεύω

Italiano (Italian)
scorte, mettere a posto, immagazzinare, metter via, negozio, deposito, scorta, memoria, miniera

idioms:

• be in store for    essere riservato a
• in store    in magazzino
• set great store by    dare importanza a
• set/lay/put store by/on    affidarsi a
• store card    tessera d'ingresso
• store up    fare scorta

Português (Portuguese)
v. - armazenar, guardar
n. - loja (f), estoque (m), provisões (f pl)

idioms:

• be in store for    estar à nossa espera
• in store    que ainda acontecerá no futuro
• set great store by    considerar algo muito importante
• set/lay/put store by/on    dar importância a algo
• store card    cartão de loja específica
• store up    acumular

Русский (Russian)
запас, резерв, изобилие, припасы, имущество, материальные средства, склад, магазин, значение, снабжать, наполнять, сохранять, запасать, отдавать на хранение, хранить на складе, вмещать

idioms:

• be in store for    предназначаться для кого-л., готовить, сулить кому-л. в будущем
• in store    грядкщий, предстоящий (кому-л.), предназначенный (для кого-л.)
• set great store by    придавать большое значение (чему-л.), высоко ценить (что-л.)
• set/lay/put store by/on    придавать значение (чему-л.), ценить (что-л.)
• store card    магнитная карточка для оплаты покупок в конкретной сети магазинов
• store up    запасать, накапливать

Español (Spanish)
n. - provisiones, víveres, pertrechos, tienda, comercio, negocio, depósito, existencias, stock, almacenamiento, memoria, tesoro, mina
v. tr. - guardar, almacenar, archivar, ensilar

idioms:

• in store    en reserva, guardado
• put store by    dar importancia a, apreciar
• put store on    dar importancia a, apreciar
• store card    tarjeta de crédito del almacén o negocio
• store up    acumular, almacenar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lagra, förse, fylla, hålla sig, proviantera
n. - förråd, lager, proviant, magasin, förrådshus, varuhus, ha utrymme, lagra, utrusta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
商店, 仓库, 贮藏, 储存, 供给

idioms:

• in store    储存着
• store card    商店发的信用卡
• store up    储藏

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 商店, 倉庫, 貯藏
v. tr. - 儲存, 供給, 貯藏

idioms:

• in store    儲存著
• store card    商店發的信用卡
• store up    儲藏

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 가게, 비축, 비품
v. tr. - 저장하다, 축적하다, 창고에 보관하다

idioms:

• in store    비축되어, 준비하여, 일어나려 하여
• store up    저장하다, 챙겨넣다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 店, 蓄え, 用品, 豊富, 百貨店
v. - 蓄える, 供給する, 保管する, 収納する, 貯える

idioms:

• be in store for    たくわえる
• in store    蓄えて, 用意して, 待ち構えて, 貯えて
• set/lay/put store by/on    重んじる
• store card    既製のカード
• store up    蓄える

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخزن (الاسم) مخزن, متجر, محل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חנות, מחסן, מאגר, מלאי, אספקה, כמות רבה, סחורה‬
v. tr. - ‮אגר, צבר, אחסן, שמר במחסן, החזיק במלאי, צייד‬

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