shop

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

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

Intj

Used to attract the services of a shop assistant

Synonyms

store

workshop

boutique

market

trade

go shopping

buy

🛍️

bazaar

stall

emporium

buy at

shop at

studio

shop class

booth

purchase

🛍️

tell on

saleroom

shop around

workbench

frequent

browse

office

🏢

give away

patronise

patronize

plant

🌱

grass

betray

rat

🐀

barter

business

salesroom

hut

🛖

shit

💩

shopping center

business firm

denounce

snitch

sponsor

stag

🦌

stand

laboratory

warehouse

woodwork

industrial arts

shop for

shop front

selling place

small shed

Translations

boutique

tienda

⛺

Laden

magasin

negozio

Geschäft

winkel

bottega

loja

botiga

μαγαζί

κατάστημα

Werkstatt

zaak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɒp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: shoppe

Inherited from Old English: sċoppa

Cognate with Dutch: schop

Cognate with German: Schuppen

Cognate with German: Schober

Cognate with French: échoppe

In summary

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). The verb is denominal. The noun senses “act of shopping”, “purchased items” are backformed from the verb.

Sentences

It contains a booking office and shop .

A card hanging in the doorway announced that several languages were spoken in the shop .

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

I'll work all night , until dawn , and I'll clean every piece of crystal in your shop .