large chain

collocation in English

meaningsoflargeandchain

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large
adjective
uk
/lɑːdʒ/us
/lɑːrdʒ/
big in size ...
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chain
noun
uk
/tʃeɪn/us
/tʃeɪn/
a series of things of the same type connected in a line, or a series of people standing in ...
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(Definition oflargeandchainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflarge chain

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For conventional products, a high proportion of sales is made directly tolargechain-store retailers.
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They are exposed to the dominance of buyers andlargechainstores.
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That method can be adopted only by large supermarkets andlargechainstores.
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The head office of alargechainstore group which has a rateable value of £2 million finds that to them a 2p rate represents £47,000.
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Nothing can exceed the inefficiency of thelargechainstores.
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I notice that the co-operative shops have had a very hard hammering from thelargechainstores throughout the country.
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I am thinking in particular of thelargechainstores, where the toughest horse-trading goes on to get the finest and closest competitive prices.
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The more typical off-licence is part of alargechainand is under the general supervision of a manager who holds the licence.
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But, however great the costs will be for alargechain, proportionately the cost for the small shopkeeper will be very much higher.
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I am not so much concerned with thelargechainrestaurants.
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The co-operative shops have had to enter into competition with thelargechainstores.
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This is the experience of a man and his company running a verylargechainof supermarkets.
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We all know that that happens with alargechainstore.
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Those most vitally concerned with cash handling are of course the retail tradesmen and the public, most especially thelargechain-store groups.
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Often thelargechainstores receive little sympathy.
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But just across the road is a small supermarket—very small, but one of alargechain.
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By 1922, in addition to the trawling companies and the wholesaling business, he had alargechainof retail fish shops.
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I do not know how one would distinguish between the small shop which is part of alargechainand the genuine one-man business.
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You could walk into a branch of alargechainstore and you would then get to know what was going on.
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I read in the newspaper the other day that there was alargechainof these clubs under one particular interest.
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