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dollar store [2 records]

Record 1 1995-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Establishments

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements commerciaux
OBS

Bien entendu, ces magasins à bas prix portent habituellement des noms différents. Voici quelques exemples :Dollarabais, Dollarama, Dollar en folie, etc.

Spanish

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Record 2 1983-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Domestic Trade
OBS

Kind of store in Poland in which Poles can buy merchandise with dollars.

OBS

Name sometimes given to the "hard currency store" where visitors and foreigners can buy with hard currencies (thus including the dollar). Information from the Bureau of European Affairs, Eastern Europe Division, Department of External Affairs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Commerce intérieur
OBS

Genre de magasin situé surtout en Pologne et où les Polonais peuvent acheter des marchandises avec des dollars habituellement reçus de parents au Canada ou aux États-Unis.

Key term(s)
  • magasin d'achats au moyen de dollars
  • comptoir d'achats au moyen de dollars

Spanish

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