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mall

mall [noun]
US /mɑːl/ 
UK /mɔːl/ 
Example: 

There are plans to build a new mall in the middle of town.

A large, usually covered, shopping area where cars are not allowed

mall - مرکز خرید
Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

There are plans to build a new mall in the middle of town.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

mall

 (also shopping mall) (American) noun
a large building that has a lot of shops, restaurants, etc. inside it

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

mall

I. mall S3 W3 /mɔːl, mæl $ mɒːl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] especially American English
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: mall 'long path used for playing a game called "pall-mall"' (17-19 centuries)]
a large area where there are a lot of shops, usually a covered area where cars are not allowed SYN shopping centre:
Let’s meet at the mall and go see a movie.
a huge new shopping mall ⇨ ↑strip mall
• • •
THESAURUS
shop especially British English, store especially American English a building or place where things are sold: She's gone to the shops to get some milk. | a clothes shop | Our local store has sold out of sugar for making jam.
boutique a small shop that sells fashionable clothes or other objects: a little boutique which specializes in bath products.
superstore British English a very large shop, especially one that is built outside the centre of a city: Out -of-town superstores have taken business away from shops in the city centre.
department store a very large shop that is divided into several big parts, each of which sells one type of thing, such as clothes, furniture, or kitchen equipment: He went around all the big department stores in Oxford Street.
supermarket (also grocery store American English) a very large shop that sells food, drinks, and things that people need regularly in their homes: Supermarkets have cut down the number of plastic bags they distribute by 50%.
salon a shop where you can get your hair washed, cut curled etc
garden centre British English, nursery especially American English a place that sells a wide range of plants, seeds, and things for your garden: Your local garden centre can advise you on which plants to grow.
outlet formal a shop that sells things for less than the usual price, especially things from a particular company or things of a particular type: The book is available from most retail outlets.
market an area, usually outdoors, where people buy and sell many different types of things: I usually buy our vegetables at the market – they're much cheaper there.
mall especially American English a large area where there are a lot of shops, especially a large building: A new restaurant has opened at the mall. | We used to hang around together at the mall.
strip mall American English a row of shops built together, with a large area for parking cars in front of it: Strip malls can seem rather impersonal.
II. ˈshopping mall BrE AmE (also mall) noun [countable] especially American English
a group of shops together in one large covered building

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mall

mall [mall malls]   [mɔːl]    [mæl]    [mɔːl]  noun
(also shopping mall) (both especially NAmE) a large building or covered area that has many shops/stores, restaurants, etc. inside it
Let's go to the mall.
Some teenagers were hanging out at the mall.
compare  arcade
See also: shopping mall  
Word Origin:
mid 17th cent.: probably a shortening of pall-mall, a 16th and 17th cent. game. The current sense dates from the 1960s.  
Collocations:
Shopping
Shopping
go/go out/be out shopping
go to (especially BrE) the shops/(especially NAmE) a store/(especially NAmE) the mall
do (BrE) the shopping/(especially NAmE) the grocery shopping/a bit of window-shopping
(NAmE, informal) hit/hang out at the mall
try on clothes/shoes
indulge in some retail therapy
go on a spending spree
cut/cut back on/reduce your spending
be/get caught shoplifting
donate sth to/take sth to/find sth in (BrE) a charity shop/(NAmE) a thrift store
buy/sell/find sth at (BrE) a car boot sale/(BrE) a jumble sale/a garage sale/(NAmE) a yard sale
find/get/pick up a bargain
At the shop/store
load/push/wheel (BrE) a trolley/(NAmE) a cart
stand in/wait in (BrE) the checkout queue/(NAmE) the checkout line
(NAmE) stand in line/ (BrE) queue at the checkout
bag (especially NAmE) (your) groceries
pack (away) (especially BrE) your shopping
stack/stock/restock the shelves at a store (with sth)
be (found) on/appear on supermarket/shop/store shelves
be in/have in/be out of/run out of stock
deal with/help/serve customers
run a special promotion
be on special offer
Buying goods
make/complete a purchase
buy/purchase sth online/by mail order
make/place/take an order for sth
buy/order sth in bulk/in advance
accept/take credit cards
pay (in) cash/by (credit/debit) card/(BrE) with a gift voucher/(NAmE) with a gift certificate
enter your PIN number
ask for/get/obtain a receipt
return/exchange an item/a product
be entitled to/ask for/demand a refund
compare prices
offer (sb)/give (sb)/get/receive a 30% discount 
Example Bank:
The website is a virtual shopping mall.
They hit the mall for a wild shopping spree.
They reported him to mall security.
They spend a lot of time at the mall.
teenagers hanging out at the mall
‘Where'd you get those earrings?’ ‘At the mall.’

Let's go to the mall.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

mall / mɔːl /   / mɑːl / noun [ C ] ( also ˈ shopping ˌ mall )

B1 a large, usually covered, shopping area where cars are not allowed:

There are plans to build a new mall in the middle of town.

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

mall

/mɔ:l, mæl/
(malls)

A mall is a very large enclosed shopping area.

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

mall

mall /ˈmɑːl/ noun, pl malls [count]
1 : a large building or group of buildings containing stores of many different kinds and sizes
• They spent the afternoon shopping at the mall.
- see also strip mall
2 : a public area where people walk
• a pedestrian mall

newsstand

newsstand [noun]
US /ˈnuːz.stænd/ 
UK /ˈnjuːz.stænd/ 
Example: 

That newsstand sells interesting comic magazines.

A place on a street where newspapers and magazines are sold

newsstand - دکه روزنامه فروشی
Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

That newsstand sells interesting comic magazines.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

newsstand

newsstand /ˈnjuːzstænd $ ˈnuːz-/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
a place on a street where newspapers and magazines are sold
 

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

news-stand

ˈnews-stand [news-stand news-stands] (US ˈnewsstand)      noun
a place on the street, at a station, etc. where you can buy newspapers and magazines

The first issue of the magazine hit the news-stands (= went on sale) today.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

newsstand / ˈnjuːz.stænd /   / ˈnuːz- / noun [ C ]

a table or temporary structure used as a small shop for selling newspapers and magazines outside in public places

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

newsstand

/nju:zstænd, AM nu:z-/
also news-stand
(newsstands)

A newsstand is a stall in the street or a public place, which sells newspapers and magazines.
Eight new national newspapers have appeared on the newsstands since 1981.

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

newsstand

news·stand /ˈnuːzˌstænd, Brit ˈnjuːzˌstænd/ noun, pl -stands [count] : a place (such as a small outdoor store) where newspapers and magazines are sold

pharmacy

pharmacy [noun]
US /ˈfɑːr.mə.si/ 
UK /ˈfɑː.mə.si/ 
Example: 

an all-night pharmacy

 

a shop or a part of a shop where medicines are prepared and sold SYN chemist

Persian equivalent: 
Example: 

an all-night pharmacy

Oxford Essential Dictionary

pharmacy

 noun (plural pharmacies)
a shop, or part of a shop, which sells medicines and drugs

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

pharmacy

pharmacy /ˈfɑːməsi $ ˈfɑːr-/ BrE AmE noun (plural pharmacies)
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Late Latin; Origin: pharmacia 'giving drugs', from Greek, from pharmakeuein 'to give drugs', from pharmakon 'magic liquid, poison, drug']
1. [countable] a shop or a part of a shop where medicines are prepared and sold SYN chemist:
an all-night pharmacy
2. [countable] the place where medicines are prepared in a hospital
3. [uncountable] the study or practice of preparing drugs and medicines
 

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pharmacy

 

phar·macy [pharmacy pharmacies]   [ˈfɑːməsi]    [ˈfɑːrməsi]  noun (pl. phar·macies)
1. countable a shop/store, or part of one, that sells medicines and drugs

compare  chemist, drugstore

2. countable a place in a hospital where medicines are prepared

 

3. uncountable the study of how to prepare medicines and drugs 
Word Origin:
late Middle English (denoting the administration of drugs): from Old French farmacie, via medieval Latin from Greek pharmakeia ‘practice of the druggist’, based on pharmakon ‘drug’.  
Example Bank:
• Research is bringing more effective new drugs to pharmacy shelves.
• The cream is available at/from/in pharmacies without a prescription.

• The ointment is available from pharmacies without prescription.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

pharmacy / ˈfɑː.mə.si /   / ˈfɑːr- / noun

B1 [ C ] a shop or part of a shop in which medicines are prepared and sold [ C ] part of a hospital where medicines are prepared [ U ] the activity or study of medicine preparation

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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

pharmacy

[fɑ͟ː(r)məsi]
 pharmacies
 1) N-COUNT A pharmacy is a shop or a department in a shop where medicines are sold or given out. Compare chemistdrugstore.
  Make sure you understand exactly how to take your medicines before you leave the pharmacy.
  ...the pharmacy section of the drugstore.
 2) N-UNCOUNT Pharmacy is the job or the science of preparing medicines.
  He spent four years studying pharmacy.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary: 

pharmacy

 

phar·ma·cy /ˈfɑɚməsi/ noun, pl -cies
1 [count]
a : a store or part of a store in which drugs and medicines are prepared and sold
• There's a pharmacy in our grocery store now.
b : a place in a hospital where drugs and medicines are prepared and given out : dispensary
2 [noncount] : the practice and profession of preparing drugs and medicines
• She's studying pharmacy at the university.

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