What does "sales floor" mean?

The part of a business devoted to retail activities, such as a showroom or selling area of a shop or department store, usually manned by sales staff and having free public access with goods on display.

What is a synonym for "sales floor"?

Common synonyms include: retail space.

Sales floor

noun

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Noun

1
The part of a business devoted to retail activities, such as a showroom or selling area of a shop or department store, usually manned by sales staff and having free public access with goods on display.
"Customers carry clipboards to record stock numbers as they wander about the 3,000-square-foot sales floor, testing items that are displayed, one each, on wooden shelves and tables."

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retail space

Antonyms

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drugstore

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"Customers carry clipboards to record stock numbers as they wander about the 3,000-square-foot sales floor, testing items that are displayed, one each, on wooden shelves and tables."

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