Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Store \Store\, n. [OE. stor, stoor, OF. estor, provisions,
   supplies, fr. estorer to store. See {Store}, v. t.]
   1. That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source
      from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a
      great quantity, or a great number.

            The ships are fraught with store of victuals.
                                                  --Bacon.

            With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain
            influence, and give the prize.        --Milton.

   2. A place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities; a
      storehouse; a warehouse; a magazine.

   3. Any place where goods are sold, whether by wholesale or
      retail; a shop. [U.S. & British Colonies]

   4. pl. Articles, especially of food, accumulated for some
      specific object; supplies, as of provisions, arms,
      ammunition, and the like; as, the stores of an army, of a
      ship, of a family.

            His swine, his horse, his stoor, and his poultry.
                                                  --Chaucer.

   {In store}, in a state of accumulation; in keeping; hence, in
      a state of readiness. ``I have better news in store for
      thee.'' --Shak.

   {Store clothes}, clothing purchased at a shop or store; -- in
      distinction from that which is home-made. [Colloq. U.S.]
      

   {Store pay}, payment for goods or work in articles from a
      shop or store, instead of money. [U.S.]

   {To set store by}, to value greatly; to have a high
      appreciation of.

   {To tell no store of}, to make no account of; to consider of
      no importance.

   Syn: Fund; supply; abundance; plenty; accumulation;
        provision.

   Usage: {Store}, {Shop}. The English call the place where
          goods are sold (however large or splendid it may be) a
          shop, and confine the word store to its original
          meaning; viz., a warehouse, or place where goods are
          stored. In America the word store is applied to all
          places, except the smallest, where goods are sold. In
          some British colonies the word store is used as in the
          United States.

Source : WordNet®

in store
     adj : in readiness; awaiting; "gave us a hint of the excitement
           that was in store for us" [syn: {in store(p)}]