A retail outlet that is one of a group of similar establishments having common format, contents, ownership and management.

A line made on a surface by snapping a taut string or cord dusted with colored chalk. / The tool used to make a chalk line.

An orchestra of modest size, to play chamber music, yet larger than the various chamber ensembles named after their number of instruments (from duo to nonet)

present participle of chain-smoke

plural of chamber orchestra

vice chairman, vice chairperson

A person who takes on the responsibilities of a chairman in his absence

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chain-smoke

simple past tense and past participle of chain-smoke

(chiefly US, idiomatic) To sentence a person to execution by means of the electric chair.