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anchor store

 noun
     
anchor store [countable] American English
a large, well-known, and popular store in a shopping mall (=place containing a lot of shops), that attracts a lot of customers to the mall and to the other shops. An anchor store is usually part of a successful chain that has stores in many cities.
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