Fancy stores

• Stores
• Centers of commerce
• Large retail stores
• Department stores
• Large stores
• Raise outstanding capital, securing pawn shops
• Where William Allen White worked
• Retail outlets

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain [syn: department store ] [also: emporia (pl)]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Emporium \Em*po"ri*um\, n.; pl. Emporiums , L. Emporia . [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? belonging to commerce, fr. ? traveler, trader; ? in + ? way through and over, path. See In , and Empiric , Fare .] A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town ...