hypermarket

noun

hy·​per·​mar·​ket ˈhī-pər-ˌmär-kət How to pronounce hypermarket (audio)
: a very large store that carries products found in a supermarket as well as merchandise commonly found in department stores

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Customers shop for milk and dairy items inside an Auchan Retail International hypermarket in Moscow, Russia. Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2024 In 2020, our office became the lead investor in a hypermarket development startup based in Baghdad, Iraq, that has since grown into a remarkable success story. Rami Harajli, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024 Lulu Retail Holdings—a Middle East hypermarket chain founded by Indian billionaire M.A. Yusuff Ali—increased the size of its IPO and now aims to raise as much as 6.3 billion dirhams ($1.7 billion) amid robust demand for its shares. Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 Lulu Retail Holdings—a Middle East hypermarket chain founded by Indian billionaire M.A. Yusuff Ali—plans to raise up to 5.3 billion dirhams ($1.4 billion) in what will be the United Arab Emirates’ biggest IPO this year. Yessar Rosendar, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hypermarket 

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hypermarket was in 1970

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“Hypermarket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypermarket. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

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