restaurant chain
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈrɛstərɒnt ʧeɪn/
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cadena de restaurantes
- It's the world's largest mall-based Italian restaurant chain.
- fast food restaurant chain
- large restaurant chains
- national restaurant chain
Your Dick game is weak and now an entire restaurant chain is going under.
- Your Dick game is weak and now an entire restaurant chain is going under.
- Red Lobster is not the only fast casual restaurant chain that's struggling.
- Amid a national shortage of chicken wings, restaurant chain Wing Stop has launched an online brand selling chicken thighs called Thigh Stop.
- Also have a restaurant chain called Sides.
Examples
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Another Asian-Cajun restaurant chain with roots in Orange County, Hot N Juicy Crawfish, has spread to Las Vegas, Orlando, and Washington, D.C.
Academic text (2013) -
First, customer volume varied across the 15 restaurant chains.
Academic text (2010) -
Oh, look, a new restaurant chain.
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Zaxby's is increasing its commitment to Make-A-Wish in honor of the thousands of children the restaurant chain serves every year.
Blog text (14) -
Currently, he's working with his family on their popular restaurant chain, Good Stuff Eatery, in Washington, D.C.
Blog text (20) -
Red Lobster is not the only fast casual restaurant chain that's struggling.
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I used to live in the Phoenix area and liked PFC and their sister restaurant chain, Pei Wei.
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In 2008, after a series of court challenges by the restaurant industry, New York City became the first jurisdiction in the United States to require restaurant chains to post calorie information on menus and menu boards.
Academic text (2010) -
The amended regulation requires restaurant chains with 15 or more locations nationwide to post calorie counts on menus, menu boards, and item tags.
Academic text (2010) -
The restaurant chain offers a wide variety of dishes to its customers.
Synonyms
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2.9
A group of shops or restaurants owned by the same company
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a group of restaurants...' is directly and compositionally derived from 'restaurant' (place where food is served) and 'chain' (a business operating multiple similar outlets). This straightforward noun–noun compound follows common, cross-linguistic compositional patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Restaurant chain uses chain as a simple picture: imagine many restaurants linked like metal rings, all with the same look and menu. That's why it means 'a group of restaurants' run by the same company.