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Outlet

The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Escape 76% connected

To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Receptacle 76% connected

That which serves, or is used, for receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Center 76% connected

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or plac…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Centre 76% connected

To be placed in a center; to be central.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Discounter 76% connected

One who discounts; a discount broker.

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Emporium 76% connected

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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Mall 76% connected

A large heavy wooden beetle; a mallet for driving anything with force; a maul.

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Market 76% connected

A meeting together of people, at a stated time and place, for the purpose of traffic (as in cattle, provisions, wares, etc.) by private purchase and…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mart 76% connected

A market.

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Outfall 76% connected

The mouth of a river; the lower end of a water course; the open end of a drain, culvert, etc., where the discharge occurs.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Plaza 76% connected

A public square in a city or town.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Shop 76% connected

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

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Store 76% connected

That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number.

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Component part 3

Merchandise 70% connected

The objects of commerce; whatever is usually bought or sold in trade, or market, or by merchants; wares; goods; commodities.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Product 70% connected

Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the product…

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Ware 70% connected

Wore.

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Synonym 4

Exit 92% connected

He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Issue 92% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Release 92% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vent 92% connected

Sale; opportunity to sell; market.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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