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noun (groceri, es)
  1. retail, Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies.
    • 1776: s:Adam Smith, Adam Smith, s:The Wealth of Nations/Book I/Chapter 10, The Wealth of Nations
    • :Where ten thousand pounds can be employed in the trade, the wages of the grocer's labour make but a very trifling addition...
      1. A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.
    • 1854: s:Henry David Thoreau, Henry David Thoreau, s:Walden/Chapter_VIII, Walden
    • :I observed that the vitals of the village were the , the bar-room, the post-office, and the bank...
Etymology: From French grosserie, "wholesale".

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