factory outlet

American  

noun

1. a store that sells factory-made goods directly to consumers for less than current retail prices.

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factory outlet British  

noun

1. a usually low-rent site leased by a factory to sell its end-of-line or damaged stock direct to the customer at reduced prices

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Example Sentences

In 1990, the ziggurat reopened as L.A.’s first factory outlet mall, and in 2005, the Citadel launched a grand-reopening after adding an additional 126,000 square feet of retail space.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2023

A factory outlet mall with upscale brands opened on the border, near new homes that sell for more than $500,000.

From Washington Times • Feb. 7, 2019

A factory outlet mall with upscale brands opened on the border, near new homes that sell for more than $500,000.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2019

But others — including Central Park with more than 200 merchants, Ferry Farm and Four Mile Fork Shopping Centers, Spotsylvania Towne Center and the factory outlet malls in Massoponax — aren’t much farther.

From Washington Post • Nov. 21, 2016

Neither of my parents had finished high school; my mother did wear pants suits, which she purchased at a factory outlet.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt