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OWTL-et/ˈaʊtlet/

An outlet is a shop that sells a firm’s goods, often cheaper, or a way of expressing a feeling: an outlet for stress. Shop is everyday; a branch is a high-street twin. Returns: the factory outlet is not the same as the branch.

Meaning

A shop that sells a firm’s goods, often cheaper; also a way of expressing a feeling.

Examples

• “The factory outlet is not the same as the high-street branch for returns.”
• “Sport was an outlet for stress in the sixth form, which is the feeling sense.”

Good to know

a factory outlet; an outlet for + noun. Everyday: a shop. High street: a branch. Retail / wellbeing. Countable shops or channels. US also: a power outlet (UK: a socket).

Near in meaning

shop

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