Meanings
plural dollar stores
- CanadaUSA retail store selling inexpensive items, especially one in which all items have a price of one dollar. (The latter type, whose name has the literal meaning, were formerly common and are now rare.)
Near-synonyms: five-and-dime, five-and-ten, dime store; pound shop (UK), $2 shop (AU, NZ), ten-dollar store (Hong Kong English)
Synonyms: five-and-dime, five-and-ten, dime store, pound shop, $2 shop, ten-dollar store
- historicalA government-owned shop in Cuba that sold goods mainly to foreigners and solely in exchange for hard currency.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA retail store selling inexpensive items, especially one in which all items have a price of one dollar. (The latter type, whose name has the literal meaning, were formerly common and are now rare.)
Translations
French magasin à une piasse, magasin à prix unique
- magasin à une piasseretail store selling inexpensive items
- magasin à prix uniqueretail store selling inexpensive items
Hungarian 100 forintos bolt
- 100 forintos boltretail store selling inexpensive items
Japanese 100円ショップ
- 100円ショップ (hyaku-en shoppu)retail store selling inexpensive items
Polish dyskont
- dyskontretail store selling inexpensive items
Turkish bir milyoncu
- bir milyoncuretail store selling inexpensive items
Cite this entry
dollar store. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dollar%20store
“dollar store.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dollar%20store. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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