shop

Meaning

Noun

1. An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
2. A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
3. A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
4. Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
5. Discussion of business or professional affairs.
6. A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skills.
7. An establishment where a barber or beautician works.
8. An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.
9. (colloquial) The collective items bought (or to be bought) on a shopping trip.

Verb

1. To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.
2. To purchase products from (a range or catalogue, etc.).
3. (slang) To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.
4. (slang) To imprison.
5. To photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.
6. (slang) To dismiss from employment.
7. (colloquial) To investigate or evaluate as a mystery shopper.

Intj

Used to attract the services of a shop assistant

Concepts

shop

store

workshop

boutique

market

trade

go shopping

stall

bazaar

buy

studio

emporium

booth

shop class

buy at

shop at

workbench

business firm

stand

plant

shop around

betray

denounce

grass

rat

shit

snitch

stag

tell on

give away

browse

frequent

patronize

patronise

sponsor

office

laboratory

purchase

business

saleroom

salesroom

barter

shopping center

hut

bureau

guild

counter

over-the-counter

shop front

establishment

business house

concern

firm

outlet

factory

mill

shop for

small shed

bar

mart

atelier

shut up

imprison

canteen

warehouse

go and buy

grocery store

lab

institution

premises

computer installation

computer station

installation

machine shop

selling place

buy things

market place

bargain

commerce

deal

sale

forge

smithy

woodwork

cheep

chitter

tavern

repair shop

industrial arts

manual training

commercial unit

decoration

mall

shopping centre

showroom

general store

stores

swap

services

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɒp/

Etymology

From Middle English shoppe, schoppe, from Old English sċoppa (“shed; booth; stall; shop”), from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup- (“barn, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup- (“to bend, bow, curve, vault”). Cognate with Dutch schop (“spade, kick”), German Schuppen (“shed”), German Schober (“barn”), French échoppe (“booth, shop”) (< Germanic).

Sentences

It contains a booking office and shop .

He waited patiently for the merchant to awaken and open the shop .