magazine

Meaning

Noun

• A non-academic periodical publication, generally consisting of sheets of paper folded in half and stapled at the fold.
• An ammunition storehouse.
• A chamber in a firearm enabling multiple rounds of ammunition to be fed into the firearm.
• A reservoir or supply chamber for a stove, battery, camera, typesetting machine, or other apparatus.
• A country or district especially rich in natural products.
• A city viewed as a marketing center.
• A store, or shop, where goods are kept for sale.
• A collection of Teletext pages.

Origin

• Borrowed from Middle French magasin ("warehouse, store"), from Italian magazzino ("storehouse"), ultimately from Arabic مَخَازِن, plural of مَخْزَن, noun of place from خَزَنَ.