company store

noun

: a retail store associated with and usually owned and operated by an industrial company:

a

: a store usually extending limited amounts of credit from which employees of a company may and are sometimes required to buy their groceries and other merchandise

b

: a store selling the product (as textiles) of a mill at retail

called also mill outlet, mill store

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