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The definition of shop
8 Definitions of: shop
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- noun, a place, esp a small building, for the retail sale of goods and services
- noun, an act or instance of shopping, esp household shopping
- noun, a place for the performance of a specified type of work; workshop
- noun, all over the shop a) in disarray b) in every direction
- noun, shut up shop to close business at the end of the day or permanently
- noun, talk shop to speak about one's work, esp when meeting socially, sometimes with the effect of excluding those not similarly employed
- verb, to visit a shop or shops in search of (goods) with the intention of buying them
- verb, slang to inform on or betray, esp to the police
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| Synonyms: | store, market, supermarket, mart, boutique, emporium, hypermarket, dairy (N.Z.) |
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of shop