su|per|mar|ket

su|per|mar|ket
su|per|mar|ket «SOO puhr MAHR kiht», noun.
a large store for groceries and household articles in which customers select items from open shelves and pay for them just before leaving: »

The function of the supermarket is to provide the housewife with all the necessities—for her table, her home, her family (Time).


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