(in shop also)

  • 1Shop — Shop, n. [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.] 1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2shop assistant — /ˈʃɒp əsɪstənt/ (say shop uhsistuhnt) noun someone who sells goods in a retail shop. Also, sales assistant …

  • 3Shop fitting — (shopfitting) is the trade of fitting out retail and service shops and stores with equipment and merchandise. The trade applies to all kinds of outlets from a small corner shop to hypermarkets. A shop fitter executes planning, design of shop… …

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  • 4Shop Boyz — Also known as The Boyz of Shop Origin Raleigh, North Carolina, United States Genres Hip Hop, Southern Rap, Rap Rock Years active 2004 2010 …

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  • 5shop — n: a business establishment: a place of employment see also closed shop, open shop, union shop Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …

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  • 6shop around — To compare prices and quality of goods at various shops before making a purchase (also figurative) • • • Main Entry: ↑shop * * * shop around [phrasal verb] : to visit several different places where a thing is sold in order to find the most… …

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  • 7shop floor — also shop floor, shopfloor N SING: oft N n The shop floor is used to refer to all the ordinary workers in a factory or the area where they work, especially in contrast to the people who are in charge. [BRIT] Cost must be controlled, not just on… …

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  • 8shop front — ˈshop front noun [countable] 1. COMMERCE the outside part of a shop that faces the street, usually with a large window; = storefront AmE 2. COMPUTING COMMERCE …

    Financial and business terms

  • 9shop front — shop fronts also shopfront N COUNT A shop front is the outside part of a shop which faces the street, including the door and windows. [BRIT] (in AM, use storefront) …

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  • 10shop — verb. In BrE the verb is used intransitively (i.e. without an object) in its meaning ‘to buy things at shops’, whereas in AmE it is also used transitively with the meaning ‘to examine or buy goods at (a store)’: • One man who had shopped the… …

    Modern English usage