🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

사내 매점

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sanae maejeom

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Company store/ˈkʌm.pə.ni stɔːr/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"광산촌의 근로자들은 주로 회사 매점을 이용했습니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A retail store operated by an enterprise or employer for the benefit of its employees, historically often located in remote company towns where it was the primary or exclusive source of goods.

    "Miners were often forced to purchase their supplies on credit at the expensive company store."
  2. 2

    A modern corporate merchandise shop where branded apparel, gifts, and promotional items are sold or distributed to employees and fans.

    "You can buy official branded hoodies and coffee mugs at the tech startup's company store."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'company' (from Old French compaignie, ultimately from Latin companio) and 'store' (from Old French estore, from Latin instaurare). Historically prominent during the 19th and early 20th centuries in isolated industrial, mining, or lumber towns where employers established retail outlets to sell goods directly to their workers.

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