noun:

• department store - abbreviation ➜ デパートメントストア
• department - abbreviation ➜ デパートメント

noun:

• department store

noun:

• (department) store; (department) stores

noun:

• basement of a department store (where foodstuffs are usually sold) - colloquialism - abbreviation

noun:

• restaurant inside a department store - abbreviation

noun:

• department store salesgirl - from デパート and ガール - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• public announcement (in a department store, etc.)

noun:

• fountain effect (theory that high sales in the basement of a department store lead to increased sales in the upper levels as well)

noun:

• shower effect (theory that placing high-selling items on the upper floors of a department store will lead to increased sales in the lower floors) ➜ 噴水効果

noun:

• food mall; restaurant area (of a department store, airport, etc.); restaurant floor

noun:

• adding a product line or department to improve a store's performance - From English "line robbing"

noun:

• out-of-store sales department