lay store by something Definition

store
noun

1. A supply, usually one that is kept in reserve for use in the future.

Thesaurus: reserves, wares, stock, accumulation, cache, hoard, stockpile, provision, supply; Antonym: scarcity.
(Brit)
2a. A shop, especially a large one that is part of a chain;

Example: department store
Thesaurus: shop, market (US), outlet, emporium, department store.


Example: store detective


Example: superstore
(N Amer, especially US)
2d. A small grocery that often also sells a wide variety of other goods.
3. A place where stocks or supplies are kept, eg a warehouse.

Form: stores (also)
4. A computer's memory.

verb stored, storing

1. To put aside for future use.

Thesaurus: deposit, cache, stock, stow away, garner, hoard, stockpile, husband, squirrel away, amass; Antonym: use, spend.
Form: store away (also)
Form: store up
2. To put something, eg furniture, into a warehouse for temporary safekeeping.
3. To put something into a computer's memory.

Derivative: storable
adj

Derivative: stored
adj

Idiom: in store

Kept in reserve; ready to be supplied.

Destined to happen; imminent.
Example: a surprise in store

Idiom: set (great) store by something (lay (great) store by something)

To value it highly.

Etymology: 13c: from Latin instaurare to set up or restore.