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n. (context US and Canada English) A retail store selling inexpensive items, especially one in which all items have a price of one dollar.
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In Cuba between 1993 and 2004, a dollar store was a government-owned shop that sold goods solely in exchange for hard currency, originally mainly to foreigners, in the same way as a Friendship store in the People's Republic of China or an Intershop in the German Democratic Republic.
In 1993, Cuba made the United States dollar legal tender.
In November 2004, the US dollar ceased to be legal tender to use in cash commercial transactions and was replaced by the Cuban convertible peso. However, the "dollar stores" remained open and despite their acceptance of only the convertible peso, the term "dollar stores" remained in colloquial use.
Dollar store may refer to:
- Variety store, also known as "price-point retailer", a store that sells a wide range of low-priced items
- Dollar store (Cuba), a government-owned currency conversion shop in Cuba, operating 1993-2004
Usage examples of "dollar store".
And when I was in Bon Temps, there was the library to go to, or the dollar store, or the grocery.
Groceries bought, he stopped at the dollar store and picked up twenty tiny scented candles, having only a moment of doubt—.