| shopping | | |
| n. (act) | 1. shopping | searching for or buying goods or services.; "went shopping for a reliable plumber"; "does her shopping at the mall rather than down town" |
| ~ buying, purchasing | the act of buying.; "buying and selling fill their days"; "shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge" |
| ~ marketing | shopping at a market.; "does the weekly marketing at the supermarket" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. shopping | the commodities purchased from stores.; "she loaded her shopping into the car"; "women carrying home shopping didn't give me a second glance" |
| ~ commodity, trade good, good | articles of commerce. |
| shop | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. shop, store | a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services.; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod" |
| ~ bakehouse, bakery, bakeshop | a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold. |
| ~ barbershop | a shop where men can get their hair cut. |
| ~ bazaar, bazar | a shop where a variety of goods are sold. |
| ~ betting shop | a licensed bookmaker's shop that is not at the race track. |
| ~ bodega | a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries. |
| ~ bookshop, bookstall, bookstore | a shop where books are sold. |
| ~ booth | a small shop at a fair; for selling goods or entertainment. |
| ~ boutique, dress shop | a shop that sells women's clothes and jewelry. |
| ~ building supply house, building supply store | a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures. |
| ~ butcher shop, meat market | a shop in which meat and poultry (and sometimes fish) are sold. |
| ~ canteen | sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc.. |
| ~ chain store | one of a chain of retail stores under the same management and selling the same merchandise. |
| ~ cleaners, dry cleaners | shop where dry cleaning is done. |
| ~ clothing store, haberdashery, haberdashery store, mens store | a store where men's clothes are sold. |
| ~ commissary | a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel). |
| ~ computer store | a store that sells computers to the small businessperson or personal user. |
| ~ candy store, confectionary, confectionery | a confectioner's shop. |
| ~ convenience store | a store selling a limited variety of food and pharmaceutical items; open long hours for the convenience of customers. |
| ~ deli, food shop, delicatessen | a shop selling ready-to-eat food products. |
| ~ apothecary's shop, chemist's, chemist's shop, drugstore, pharmacy | a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold. |
| ~ florist shop, flower store, florist | a shop where flowers and ornamental plants are sold. |
| ~ gift shop, novelty shop | a shop that sells miscellaneous articles appropriate as gifts. |
| ~ hardware store, ironmonger's shop, ironmonger | a store selling hardware.; "in Great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop" |
| ~ head shop | a shop specializing in articles of interest to drug users.; "he bought some roach clips and hashish pipes at the head shop" |
| ~ junk shop | a shop that sells cheap secondhand goods. |
| ~ mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet | a place of business for retailing goods. |
| ~ hat shop, millinery | shop selling women's hats. |
| ~ outfitter | a shop that provides equipment for some specific purpose.; "an outfitter provided everything needed for the safari" |
| ~ liquor store, off-licence, package store | a store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere. |
| ~ loan office, pawnbroker's shop, pawnshop | a shop where loans are made with personal property as security. |
| ~ perfumery | store where perfumes are sold. |
| ~ pet shop | a shop where pet animals can be purchased. |
| ~ pizza parlor, pizza shop, pizzeria | a shop where pizzas are made and sold. |
| ~ fix-it shop, repair shop | a shop specializing in repairs and maintenance. |
| ~ beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty salon, beauty shop, salon | a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work. |
| ~ shoe-shop, shoe shop, shoe store | a shop where shoes are sold. |
| ~ shopfront, storefront | the front side of a store facing the street; usually contains display windows. |
| ~ specialty store | a store that sells only one kind of merchandise. |
| ~ second-hand store, thriftshop | a shop that sells secondhand goods at reduced prices. |
| ~ tobacco shop, tobacconist shop, tobacconist | a shop that sells pipes and pipe tobacco and cigars and cigarettes. |
| ~ toyshop | shop where toys are sold. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. shop, workshop | small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done. |
| ~ bindery | a workshop where books are bound. |
| ~ bookbindery | a bookbinder's workshop; a place for binding books. |
| ~ brickfield, brickyard | a place where bricks are made and sold. |
| ~ chop shop | a place where stolen cars are disassembled for their parts. |
| ~ dye-works | a workshop where dyeing is done. |
| ~ machine shop | workshop where metal is cut and shaped etc., by machine tools. |
| ~ pottery | a workshop where clayware is made. |
| ~ print shop, printing shop | a workplace where printing is done. |
| ~ saddlery | workshop where a saddler works. |
| ~ sheltered workshop | a workshop that offers jobs to members of the physically or developmentally disabled population. |
| ~ turnery | workshop where objects are made on a lathe. |
| ~ workplace, work | a place where work is done.; "he arrived at work early today" |
| n. (act) | 3. shop, shop class | a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity).; "I built a birdhouse in shop" |
| ~ course, course of instruction, course of study, class | education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings.; "he took a course in basket weaving"; "flirting is not unknown in college classes" |
| v. (possession) | 4. shop | do one's shopping.; "She goes shopping every Friday" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ buy, purchase | obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction.; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store" |
| ~ obtain | come into possession of.; "How did you obtain the visa?" |
| ~ market | buy household supplies.; "We go marketing every Saturday" |
| v. (social) | 5. buy at, frequent, patronise, patronize, shop, shop at, sponsor | do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of. |
| ~ back up, support | give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to.; "She supported him during the illness"; "Her children always backed her up" |
| v. (possession) | 6. browse, shop | shop around; not necessarily buying.; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ surf, browse | look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular.; "browse a computer directory"; "surf the internet or the world wide web" |
| ~ look for, search, seek | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" |
| ~ comparison-shop | compare prices for a given item. |
| ~ antique | shop for antiques.; "We went antiquing on Saturday" |
| ~ window-shop | examine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only. |
| v. (communication) | 7. betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on | give away information about somebody.; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ sell out | give information that compromises others. |
| purchase | | |
| n. (act) | 1. purchase | the acquisition of something for payment.; "they closed the purchase with a handshake" |
| ~ acquisition | the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something.; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another" |
| ~ buyback, repurchase, redemption | the act of purchasing back something previously sold. |
| ~ buying, purchasing | the act of buying.; "buying and selling fill their days"; "shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge" |
| n. (possession) | 2. purchase | something acquired by purchase. |
| ~ stock buyback | a corporation's purchase of its own outstanding stock; increases earnings/share so stock price rises (which can discourage a takeover attempt). |
| ~ acquisition | something acquired.; "a recent acquisition by the museum" |
| ~ buy, steal, bargain | an advantageous purchase.; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 3. purchase | a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage.; "he could get no purchase on the situation" |
| ~ influence | the effect of one thing (or person) on another.; "the influence of mechanical action" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 4. leverage, purchase | the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever. |
| ~ mechanical phenomenon | a physical phenomenon associated with the equilibrium or motion of objects. |
| v. (possession) | 5. buy, purchase | obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction.; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store" |
| ~ commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services). |
| ~ choose, pick out, select, take | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives.; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" |
| ~ buy back, repurchase | buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away.; "He bought back the house that his father sold years ago" |
| ~ take | buy, select.; "I'll take a pound of that sausage" |
| ~ get | purchase.; "What did you get at the toy store?" |
| ~ subscribe to, subscribe, take | receive or obtain regularly.; "We take the Times every day" |
| ~ acquire, get | come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.; "She got a lot of paintings from her uncle"; "They acquired a new pet"; "Get your results the next day"; "Get permission to take a few days off from work" |
| ~ pay | give money, usually in exchange for goods or services.; "I paid four dollars for this sandwich"; "Pay the waitress, please" |
| ~ buy out, buy up, take over | take over ownership of; of corporations and companies. |
| ~ pick up | buy casually or spontaneously.; "I picked up some food for a snack" |
| ~ buy food, take out | purchase prepared food to be eaten at home. |
| ~ impulse-buy | buy on impulse without proper reflection. |
| ~ buy | be worth or be capable of buying.; "This sum will buy you a ride on the train" |
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