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showroom

[ shoh-room, -room ]

noun

  1. a room used for the display of goods or merchandise.


verb (used without object)

  1. 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.

  2. to be used as a place to view rather than buy merchandise:

    No store wants to showroom for a website.

verb (used with object)

  1. to display (merchandise) in a showroom.
  2. to enter a store and view (merchandise) before purchasing it from a competitor, usually online.
  3. 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.

showroom

/ ˈʃəʊˌruːm; -ˌrʊm /

noun

  1. a room in which goods, such as cars, are on display
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of showroom1

First recorded in 1610–20; show + room
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As we were scouring the racks from Archived, a rare designer fashion and furniture showroom, one of my Design.Space companions, an editor, noted: “Alex Israel just took his glasses off.”

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The billionaire is suing because Wisconsin bans car manufacturers from owning dealerships, but Tesla's business model involves running its own showrooms.

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Small protests have been breaking out all over the country, including at Tesla showrooms, while some big demonstrations are planned, starting this April 5th with a national mobilization sponsored by Indivisible.

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A group of women calling themselves the “Grandma Brigade” gathered outside the Tesla showroom and service center on Pullman Street in Costa Mesa this month to speak out against Musk’s involvement in the federal government.

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He said violence against US showrooms should be treated as "domestic terrorism".

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