Wiktionary:Word of the day/2020/August 28

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Word of the day
for August 28
emporium n
  1. (also figuratively) A city or region which is a major trading centre; also, a place within a city for commerce and trading; a marketplace.
  2. (also figuratively) A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods.
  3. (historical) A business set up to enable foreign traders to engage in commerce in a country; a factory (now the more common term).
  4. (by extension, obsolete) The brain.
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