store
• noun 1 a quantity or supply kept for use as needed. 2 (stores) supplies of equipment and food kept for use by members of an army, navy, or other institution. 3 a place where things are kept for future use or sale. 4 chiefly N. Amer. a shop. 5 Brit. a large shop selling different types of goods. 6 Brit. a computer memory. • verb 1 keep or accumulate for future use. 2 retain or enter (information) in the memory of a computer. 3 (be stored with) have a useful supply of. — PHRASES in store about to happen. set (or lay or put) store by (or on) consider to be of a particular degree of importance. — ORIGIN Old French estore, from Latin instaurare ‘renew’.
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