shop
• noun 1 a building or part of a building where goods or services are sold. 2 a place where things are manufactured or repaired; a workshop. • verb (shopped, shopping) 1 go to a shop or shops to buy goods. 2 (shop around) look for the best available price or rate for something. 3 informal, chiefly Brit. inform on. — PHRASES talk shop discuss matters concerning one’s work, especially at an inappropriate time. — ORIGIN shortening of Old French eschoppe ‘lean-to booth’.
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