Shop

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Mục lục 1 Noun 1.1 a retail store, esp. a small one. 1.2 a small store or department in a large store selling a specific or select type of goods 1.3 the workshop of a craftsperson or artisan. 1.4 the workshop of a person who works in a manual trade; place for doing specific, skilled manual work 1.5 any factory, office, or business 1.6 Education . 1.7 one's trade, profession, or business as a subject of conversation or preoccupation. 2 Verb (used without object) 2.1 to visit shops and stores for purchasing or examining goods. 2.2 to seek or examine goods, property, etc., offered for sale 2.3 to seek a bargain, investment, service, etc. (usually fol. by for ) 3 Verb (used with object) 3.1 to seek or examine goods, property, etc., offered for sale in or by 3.2 Chiefly British Informal . 3.3 Slang . to try to sell (merchandise or a project) in an attempt to obtain an order or contract. 4 Interjection 4.1 (used in a store, shop, etc., in calling an employee to wait on a customer.) ? 5 Idioms 5.1 set up shop 5.2 shut up shop 5.3 talk shop, to discuss one's trade, profession 6 Antonyms 6.1 verb 7 Synonyms 7.1 noun 7.2 verb

Noun

a retail store, esp. a small one.

a small store or department in a large store selling a specific or select type of goods

the ski shop at Smith's.

the workshop of a craftsperson or artisan.

the workshop of a person who works in a manual trade; place for doing specific, skilled manual work

a carpenter's shop.

any factory, office, or business

Our ad agency is a well-run shop.

Education .

a course of instruction in a trade, as carpentry, printing, etc., consisting chiefly of training in the use of its tools and materials.

a classroom in which such a course is given.

one's trade, profession, or business as a subject of conversation or preoccupation.

Verb (used without object)

to visit shops and stores for purchasing or examining goods.

to seek or examine goods, property, etc., offered for sale

Retail merchants often stock their stores by shopping in New York.

to seek a bargain, investment, service, etc. (usually fol. by for )

I'm shopping for a safe investment that pays good interest.

Verb (used with object)

to seek or examine goods, property, etc., offered for sale in or by

She's shopping the shoe stores this afternoon.

Chiefly British Informal .

to put into prison; jail.

to behave treacherously toward; inform on; betray.

Slang . to try to sell (merchandise or a project) in an attempt to obtain an order or contract.

Interjection

(used in a store, shop, etc., in calling an employee to wait on a customer.) ?

Idioms

set up shop

to go into business; begin business operations

to set up shop as a taxidermist.

shut up shop

to close a business temporarily, as at the end of the day.

to suspend business operations permanently

They couldn't make a go of it and had to shut up shop.

talk shop, to discuss one's trade, profession

or business

After dinner we all sat around the table and talked shop.

Antonyms

verb

sell

Synonyms

noun

boutique , chain , deli , department store , emporium , five-and-dime , market , mill , outlet , showroom , stand , store , supermarketnotes:at first , shop designated a small retail establishment and store was applied only to a large establishment; now the differences are blurred

verb

buy , go shopping , hunt for , look for , market , purchase , try to buynotes:at first , shop designated a small retail establishment and store was applied only to a large establishment; now the differences are blurred , boutique , browse , business , emporium , factory , hunt , mart , office , outlet , plant , store , studio , workplace