different between showroom vs dealership

English

Etymology

From show +? room. Verb sense circa 2011.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??o???um/

Noun

showroom (plural showrooms)

1. A room in a business set aside for the display of the company's products.
2. (dated) A room or apartment where a show is exhibited.

Hypernyms

• room

Translations

Verb

showroom (third-person singular simple present showrooms, present participle showrooming, simple past and past participle showroomed)

1. To inspect merchandise in a physical store, then purchase the identical product from an online merchant; to use a physical store as a showroom for an online merchant.

   This new phone looks good, but I want to go to the mall and showroom it before buying.

Usage notes

Especially used in nominalized form showrooming.

French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o.?um/

Noun

showroom m (plural showrooms)

1. showroom

Spanish

Noun

showroom m (plural showrooms)

1. showroom

English

Etymology

From dealer +? -ship.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?di?l???p/

Noun

dealership (plural dealerships)

1. A place that sells items, especially cars.

   I visited the car dealership today.

Translations

Anagrams

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