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   shop

   /ʃɒp/

   noun

   • 1. a building or part of a building where goods or services are sold: "a video shop" Similar storeretail storeoutletretail outletresellercash and carryboutiquesalonparlourestablishmentemporiumdepartment storesupermarkethypermarketsuperstorewarehouse clubwarehousefactory outletchain storemallshopping mallshopping centreretail centremegastorebargain basementconcessionmarketmartstallstandboothcountertrading postmultiple (shop/store)lockupminimartconvenience storemini-mallinformal:shedbig box
   • ▪ an act of going shopping: informal British "she slogged her way round the supermarket doing the weekly shop"
   • 2. a place where things are manufactured or repaired; a workshop: "an auto repair shop" Similar workshopworkroomplantfactoryworksmanufacturing complexindustrial unitbusiness unitmillfoundryyardgarageatelierstudioshop floorarchaic:manufactory
   • ▪ a room or department in a factory where a particular stage of production is carried out: "the machine shop"
   • ▪ the place where one works: informal "she pointed to the classroom ceiling—‘I live here, over the shop.’"

   verb

   • 1. visit one or more shops or websites to buy goods: "she shopped for groceries twice a week" Similar go shoppingdo the shoppingbuy what one needs/wantsbuy thingsgo to the shopsbuypurchasegetacquireobtainpick upsnap upprocurestock up onget in supplies oflook to buybe in the market for
   • ▪ look for the best available price or rate for something: "they shopped around for cheaper food"
   • 2. inform on (someone): informal British "she shopped her husband to bosses for taking tools home" Similar inform on/againstbetraysell outtell tales onbe disloyal tobe unfaithful tobreak one's promise tobreak faith withstab in the backinformal:tell onrat onput the finger onsqueal onsnitch onpeach onsing aboutsell down the riverblow the whistle ongrass onsplit onstitch updo the dirty onrat outfingerfink ondrop a/the dime onpimp onpoolput someone's pot on
   • 3. alter (a photographic image) digitally using Photoshop image-editing software: informal "I reckon you shopped the image"

   Word Origin Middle English: shortening of Old French eschoppe ‘lean-to booth’, of West Germanic origin; related to German Schopf ‘porch’ and English dialect shippon ‘cattle shed’. The verb is first recorded (mid 16th century) in the sense ‘imprison’ (from an obsolete slang use of the noun for ‘prison’), hence shop (sense 2 of the verb).

   Derivatives

   • 1. shopless adjective

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   • , shopped, shop·ping. to visit shops and stores for purchasing or examining goods. Retail merchants often stock their stores by shopping in New York. I'm shopping for a safe investment that pays good interest. , shopped, shop·ping. She's shopping the shoe stores this afternoon. Chiefly British Informal. to put into prison; jail.

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   What is a small shop called?

   • 1. a retail store, esp. a small one. 2. a small store or department in a large store selling a specific or select type of goods. 3. the workshop of an artisan. 4. a place for doing specific, skilled manual work; workshop: a carpenter's shop. 5. any factory, office, or business.

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   • Robin Hood stared at him for a moment with a puzzled expression, and then walked into his little shop, and Davy turned away. His Shop is the Randenvous of spitting, where men dialogue with their noses, and their conversation is smoke. Shop definition: a retail store, especially a small one.. See examples of SHOP used in a sentence.

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   noun. a place, esp a small building, for the retail sale of goods and services. an act or instance of shopping, esp household shopping. the weekly shop.

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   Definitions of shop. noun. a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services. “he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod”. synonyms: store. see more. noun. small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done. synonyms: workshop.

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