Large companies that own many bookstores under the same name. The two biggest chains in U.S. bookselling are Barnes & Noble and Borders. A "superstore" carries 100,000 or more titles and can include a coffee shop and other amenities.
Erotic appeal drawn from chains, manifested in ornamentation (dog collars, etc.), in bondage activities (shackling legs together, etc.) or as leads and other symbols of "ownership" (dog-leash).
"Chains" is a song performed by The Beatles on their first album Please Please Me. It was composed by the Brill Building husband-and-wife songwriting team, Gerry Goffin and Carole King and was a minor hit for Little Eva’s backing singers, The Cookies, and later covered by Buddy Holly.
Two orange and black covered sticks which are separated by 10 yards and connected by a metal chain. When the ball is marked on the field, one end of the stick is placed at this point, and the other end is stretched out to the full 10 yards to indicate where the offense needs to go to reach the first down.
A matchcover category whose advertisement mentions hotels, motels, restaurants, or other business establishments having multiple locations (i.e., Holiday Inn, Best Western, Bonanza Sirloin Pits, etc.). (See Stock Design).
If more then one property is being sold the purchaser/vendor of the properties are in a chain. E.g. If the purchaser needs the proceeds from the sale of his present property to enable him to complete the purchase of his new property then a chain has been created. If a First time buyer is buying an empty house then there is no chain involved. Please note the number of houses in a chain can be from 2 to any number.