Definitions

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  • noun Items designed to be bought as gifts

Etymologies

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gift +‎ -ware

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Examples

  • To grow the brand and maintain volume and profitability, the firm's owners tried everything, particularly "giftware".

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • To grow the brand and maintain volume and profitability, the firm's owners tried everything, particularly "giftware".

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • It was suggested that in M&A situations code assets should be rated at zero value if they are made available under a "giftware" license, i.e. a permissive licence such as BSD.

    Linux.com - Content Feed 2009

  • The partnerships include a line of porcelain and ivory fine china giftware and home décor items by Lenox (pictured).

    Peeps Licensed Products Spring Into Stores The Nag 2009

  • This week's retail sales and events include grand opening parties, trunk shows, and parking lot sales for everything from clothing and accessories, to furniture, textiles, and giftware.

    Los Angeles Shopping Events and Sales Round-Up Huffington Post 2010

  • Jewelry, watches and giftware are just a few of the items the organization accepts, and these are sold in its resale shop.

    Hints From Heloise: Vision-focused charity keeps eyes on the prize 2010

  • Most American shopping malls are stuffed to the rafters with nonessential apparel, giftware, and accessories such as cards and collectible shops or stores devoted to Tibetan stone figurines or the paintings of Thomas Kinkade.

    What Women Want Paco Underhill 2010

  • Most American shopping malls are stuffed to the rafters with nonessential apparel, giftware, and accessories such as cards and collectible shops or stores devoted to Tibetan stone figurines or the paintings of Thomas Kinkade.

    What Women Want Paco Underhill 2010

  • Cameron also had a few small giftware and homeware retail developments on the boil -- My Place It's Home, Dog's Breakfast and New Objects Of Desire -- but she got restless.

    Animal Magnetism 2010

  • She's now added her homeware/giftware stores to the mix and renamed the whole group Retail Adventures, which is headquartered in Sydney.

    Animal Magnetism 2010

  • The growing trade in “giftware”—upscale tchotchkes—enabled Americans to expand their decorative horizons even more broadly and boldly.

    The Long Golden Age of Useless, American Crap Wendy A. Woloson 2020

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