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A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country.

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  1. n. A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country.
  2. n. The brain.
  3. n. a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain
  4. 1. A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country. That wonderful emporium [Manchester] . . . was then a mean and ill- built market town. Macaulay. It is pride . . . which fills our streets, our emporiums, our theathers. Knox. 2. (Physiol.) The brain. [Obs.]
  5. The brain. [Obs.]
  6. n:100 n a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain