showroom
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
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to come into a store to view merchandise and then purchase it from a competitor, usually online, as to get a lower price or wider selection.
For shoes, I usually showroom at a couple of stores, then buy them cheaper online.
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to be used as a place to view rather than buy merchandise.
No store wants to showroom for a website.
verb (used with object)
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to display (merchandise) in a showroom.
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to enter a store and view (merchandise) before purchasing it from a competitor, usually online.
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to use or encourage people to use (a store) as a place to view rather than buy merchandise.
The online retailers are showrooming us out of business.
We’re being showroomed by consumers who browse our stores without buying.
noun
Other Word Forms
- showrooming noun
Etymology
Origin of showroom
Example Sentences
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Customers had a hard time getting to showrooms in January because of frozen conditions on the roads.
From MarketWatch
Right now, the sales restrictions in many states make for odd dynamics in Rivian showrooms—or, “spaces,” as the carmaker calls them—where staff can show and tout cars but not sell them.
He prefers working the phone rather than the showroom floor.
Scout is planning 100 company-owned showrooms and service centers in the U.S. and Canada to replicate the dealer footprint.
He once ran into Cary Grant at a showroom in New York; the two acknowledged each other as equals.
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