cooperative store

American  

noun

1. a retail store owned and managed by consumer-customers who supply the capital and share in the profits by patronage dividends.

2. a store operated by a farmers' cooperative organization or by a cooperative chain.

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Etymology

Origin of cooperative store

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

The Red Paint Community Council has launched a community garden in Lodge Pole, near the southeast border of the reservation, and plans to open a cooperative store in January, Gone said.

From Washington Times

At about the same time as Friday's Samui bombing, a huge fire ripped through a cooperative store on the mainland of the same Surat Thani province.

From US News

Commander Albert A. Schaufelberger III drove up in his Ford Maverick to collect Consuelo Escalante, manager of the university cooperative store.

From Time Magazine Archive

But did he buy it ready-made in our Cooperative store?

From Time Magazine Archive

Last month a hippie cooperative store was firebombed.

From Time Magazine Archive