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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A very large and successful chain (group of stores or businesses)..
Independent bookstores, of course, have been under siege for nearly two decades by the megachains and the Web retailers, and have been steadily dropping away, one by one.
Use megachain when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Megachain means A very large and successful chain (group of stores or businesses)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Independent bookstores, of course, have been under siege for nearly two decades by the megachains and the Web retailers, and have been steadily dropping away, one by one.
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