Miche  +  379941 Fri, 15 Jun 07 03:03 PM Can you tell me what exactly "outlet" is? A guy here insists that it is a shop for old-collection clothes of a certain brand chain that are sold at a discount. I have to admit that in my country the word seems to be association with this but English language dictionaries say it is just "a store selling the goods of a particular manufacturer or wholesaler" (Webster). Can anybody help? Miche Joined on Fri, Jan 7 2005 Full Member 258 There's always sunshine after rain

	Philip  +  379947 Fri, 15 Jun 07 03:08 PM  Marius Hancu wrote: point of sale, shop for new or old stuff In the US we also have malls of outlet stores, various brands having their own places to sell only their products, supposedly at a price lower than in regular retail stores. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,737 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	Marius Hancu  +  379969 Fri, 15 Jun 07 03:47 PM in this dictionary, company store and outlet are showed in parallel, thus they are similar -------------- company store    Function:noun : a retail store associated with and usually owned and operated by an industrial company: a : a store usually extending limited amounts of credit from which employees of a company may and are sometimes required to buy their groceries and other merchandise b : a store selling the product (as textiles) of a mill at retail -- called also mill outlet, mill store http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com ------------- Marius Hancu Nouns