dwell zone
n.— «Shoppers walking through the area just inside the door—called the dwell zone—are, says Karl, so panic-stricken that’s there’s little point trying to sell them anything.» —“They have ways of making you spend” by David Derbyshire Telegraph (U.K.) Dec. 31, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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