sears

sears
present third singular of sear
plural of sear

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/searz/, n.
Richard Warren, 1863-1914, U.S. mail-order retailer.

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[si(ə)rz]
Richard Warren (1863 - 1914), U.S. businessman. He founded his first mail-order business, selling watches, in Minneapolis in 1886, moved to Chicago, and sold the business. He then began a partnership with Alvah Curtis Roebuck (1864 - 1948), a watch repairman, that became Sears, Roebuck & Co. in 1893

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Sears, Roebuck and Company [Sears, Roebuck and Company] (also Sears, Sears and Roebuck)
any of a very large group of US ↑department stores selling a wide range of products for the family. The company was begun in 1886 in ↑Minneapolis by Richard Sears. He was then joined by Alvah Roebuck when he moved the company to ↑Chicago in 1887. In 1891, they began the company’s famous mail-order catalogue (= book showing items that can be ordered by post). In 2004 the company was bought by ↑Kmart.
See also ↑Sears Tower
See also: ↑Sears

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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