Definition: outlet

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

outlet
     n 1: a place of business for retailing goods [syn: mercantile
          establishment, retail store, sales outlet]
     2: receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where
        current can be taken to run electrical devices [syn: wall
        socket, wall plug, electric outlet, electrical
        outlet, electric receptacle]
     3: an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the
        way out"; "the canyon had only one issue" [syn: exit, issue,
         way out]
     4: activity that releases or expresses creative energy or
        emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings" [syn:
        release]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Outlet \Out"let`\, n.
   The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage
   out; an exit; a vent.

         Receiving all, and having no outlet.     --Fuller.
Outlet \Out*let"\, v. t.
   To let out; to emit. [R.] --Daniel.