Shop

  • 41shop — {{11}}shop (n.) c.1300, perhaps from O.E. scoppa booth or shed for trade or work (rare), related to scypen cowshed, from P.Gmc. *skoppan small additional structure (Cf. O.H.G. scopf building without walls, porch, Ger. dial. Scopf porch, cart shed …

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  • 42shop*/*/*/ — [ʃɒp] noun [C] I 1) a place where you buy things or where you pay for a service I m just going to the shop.[/ex] We had lunch at a little coffee shop.[/ex] The shops are closed on Sundays.[/ex] 2) a business where something is made or repaired a… …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 43shop — See body shop chop shop independent repair shop paint shop production retread shop specialty repair shop …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 44shop — /ʃɒp/ noun 1. a place where goods are stored and sold ● a computer shop ● an electrical goods shop ● She has bought a shoe shop in the centre of town. ● All the shops in the centre of town close on Sundays. ● She opened a women’s clothes shop. 2 …

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  • 45shop — A place of employment. A working place, especially one which has machinery or mechanical power to be utilized in connection with the employment of the individual. 58 Am J1st Workm Comp § 117. A place where goods are sold at retail, especially… …

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  • 46shop — Synonyms and related words: agency, atelier, barbershop, beauty parlor, beauty shop, bench, betray, booking office, boutique, box office, branch, branch office, browse, butcher shop, buy, cabinet, chain store, chambers, chancellery, chancery,… …

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  • 47-shop — ciné shop coffee shop free shop sex shop …

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  • 48shop — [13] The word shop had humble beginnings. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skoppan, which denoted a small additional structure, such as a lean to shed or a porch. There is one isolated example of an Old English descendant of this – sceoppa …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 49shop — [[t]ʃɒp[/t]] n. v. shopped, shop•ping 1) a retail store, esp. a small one 2) a small store or department in a large store selling a specific or select type of goods 3) bui the workshop of an artisan 4) bui a place for doing specific, skilled… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 50shop — [13] The word shop had humble beginnings. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skoppan, which denoted a small additional structure, such as a lean to shed or a porch. There is one isolated example of an Old English descendant of this – sceoppa …

    Word origins