emporium: Word of the day for August 28, 2020

emporium , n :
(also figurative) A city or region which is a major trading centre; also, a place within a city for commerce and trading; a marketplace. (also figurative) A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods. (historical) A business set up to enable foreign traders to engage in commerce in a country; a factory (now the more common term). (by extension, obsolete) The brain.

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