Usually means: Retail outlets sharing a brand.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word chain stores:

General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. chain stores: Merriam-Webster
  2. chain stores: Collins English Dictionary
  3. chain stores: Vocabulary.com
  4. chain stores: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. chain stores: Wiktionary
  6. Chain stores: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Chain stores: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Chain stores: Encyclopedia

(Note: See chain_store as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (chain store)

noun:  A retail outlet that is one of a group of similar establishments having common format, contents, ownership and management.
▸ Also see chain_store


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