shopping center

noun

: a group of retail stores and service establishments usually with ample parking facilities and usually designed to serve a community or neighborhood

called also shopping plaza

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According to Forbes, his portfolio includes car dealerships in Brazil, a commercial shopping center in Missouri and pizza franchises spread across the country. Jordana Comiter, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025 The shopping center is anchored by department store Macy’s, Life Time and Saks Fifth Avenue. Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 19 Aug. 2025 All were eclipsed, however, by an uncredited, inexplicable, and moodily dialogue-free, walk-on by Johnson’s then-girlfriend Barbra Streisand outside the Bayside shopping center and marina. Damon Wise, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2025 Curls argued since the city is the owner of the Linwood shopping center, Community Builders had little say in how to handle safety outside the store. Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shopping center

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shopping center was in 1898

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“Shopping center.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20center. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.

Kids Definition

shopping center

noun
: a group of retail stores and service establishments usually located in a suburban area and having a large parking lot
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