# outlet store

**Pronunciation:** /ˈaʊtlet stɔːr/ · OWT-let stor

**CEFR level:** B1

**Part of speech:** noun phrase

## Meaning

A shop that sells a brand’s own goods, often at reduced prices, usually leftover, last-season, or factory stock.

## Examples

- She bought the boots cheaper at an outlet store than in the city mall.
- The brand opened an outlet store for last season’s coats.
- Factory seconds are often sold only in an outlet store.

## Synonyms

- factory shop — Especially British English for a shop selling goods from the factory, often cheaper.
- discount store — Broader: any shop with reduced prices, not only one brand.
- outlet — A shorter form. In shopping, it usually means the same as outlet store.

## Antonyms

- full-price store — A shop that sells current goods at the usual price.

## Common patterns

- buy something at an outlet store — To purchase discounted brand goods at that shop. — They bought the jackets at an outlet store.
- brand + outlet store — Names the company whose discounted shop it is. — The Nike outlet store is next to the motorway.

## Collocations

- designer outlet store — The designer outlet store sells last season’s clothes at lower prices.
- factory outlet store — A factory outlet store often sells slight seconds as well as leftover stock.

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