shop /shop/

1. A building or room in which goods are sold or services provided
2. A spell of shopping, esp for food and/or household items
3. A place where mechanics work, or where any kind of industry is pursued, a workshop
4. A place of employment or activity, esp a theatre
5. Prison (old slang)
6. Shop talk

To visit shops, esp for the purpose of buying

1. To imprison, or cause to be imprisoned (slang)
2. To betray or inform against (someone) to the police, etc (slang)
3. To give employment to (obsolete)

shopaholˈic noun

A compulsive shopper (see -aholic)

shopˈful noun

shoppˈer noun

1. A person who shops
2. A shopping bag or basket

shoppˈing noun

1. The activity of visiting shops to buy or see goods
2. Goods thus bought

For shopping

shoppˈy adjective

1. Commercial
2. Having many shops
3. Given to talking shop
4. Concerning one's own pursuit

shop assistant noun

A person who serves customers in a shop

shop bell noun

A bell, fitted to the door of a shop, that rings when the door is opened

shopˈboard noun

1. A counter
2. A bench on which tailors work

shopˈbot noun (computing)

A website used to compare prices for shopping (see bot²

shop boy or shop girl noun

Esp formerly, a boy or girl employed in a shop

shopˈbreaker noun

A person who breaks into a shop

shopˈbreaking noun

shopˈfitter noun

A person who installs counters, shelves, etc in a shop

shopˈfitting noun

shop floor noun

1. That part of a factory, etc, housing the production machinery and in which that part of the workforce directly involved with production is employed
2. The people who work on the shop floor, esp those workers organized in a union

shopˈ-floor adjective

shopˈfront noun

The part of a shop, with display windows, etc, that faces onto the street

shop-in-shopˈ adjective

(of a supplier of particular goods or services) having a retail outlet within a larger shop or store

shopˈkeeper noun

A person who keeps a shop of his or her own

shopˈkeeping noun

shopˈlift transitive verb and intransitive verb

shopˈlifter noun

shopˈlifting noun

Stealing from a shop

shopˈman or shopˈwoman noun

1. A person who serves in a shop
2. A shopkeeper (rare)
3. A person who is employed in a workshop (US)

shopping bag or shopping basket noun

A receptacle for goods bought

shopping-bag lady same as bag lady (see under bag).

shopping centre noun

A place where there is a concentration of shops of different kinds

shopping list noun

1. A list of items to be bought
2. A list of items to be obtained, done, acted upon, considered, etc (figurative)

shopping mall see under mall

shopping precinct see under precinct

shop sign noun

A sign over a shop indicating the occupier's name and trade

shopˈsoiled adjective

Somewhat faded or worn by display in a shop (also figurative)

shop steward noun

A representative of the employees of a factory or workshop, elected from their own number

shop talk noun

Talk about one's own business, esp when carried on outside business hours

shop walker noun

A shop employee who walks about in a shop to see that customers are attended to

shop window noun

1. A window of a shop in which wares are displayed
2. Any means of displaying what is on offer to advantage

shopwoman see shopman above.

shopˈworn adjective

Shopsoiled (also figurative)

all over the shop (informal)

Dispersed all around

on the shop floor

Among the workers in a factory or workshop

set up shop

1. To open a trading establishment
2. To begin operations generally

shop around

To compare prices and quality of goods at various shops before making a purchase (also figurative)

shut up shop

1. To close a shop, etc, at the end of a working day, week, etc
2. To close a business permanently

talk shop

To talk about one's own work or business

the Shop

The former Royal Military Academy at Woolwich

the wrong shop (informal)

The wrong place to look for eg sympathy or help

• unproductivity
• unprofaned
• unprofessed
• unprofessional
• unprofessionally
• unprofitabilities
• unprofitability
• unprofitable
• unprofitableness
• unprofitably
• unprofited
• unprofiting
• unprogressive
• unprogressively
• unprogressiveness
• unprohibited
• unprojected
• unprolific
• unpromised
• unpromising
• unpromisingly
• unprompted
• unpronounceable
• unpronounced
• unprop