emporium | | |
n. (artifact) | 1. department store, emporium | a large retail store organized into departments offering a variety of merchandise; commonly part of a retail chain. |
| ~ mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet | a place of business for retailing goods. |
| ~ retail chain | a chain of retail stores. |
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. |
store | | |
n. (possession) | 1. fund, stock, store | a supply of something available for future use.; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" |
| ~ infrastructure, base | the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area.; "the industrial base of Japan" |
| ~ accumulation | (finance) profits that are not paid out as dividends but are added to the capital base of the corporation. |
| ~ hoard, stash, cache | a secret store of valuables or money. |
| ~ provision | a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms). |
| ~ government issue, military issue, issue | supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government. |
| ~ seed stock | a supply of seeds (or tubers) reserved for planting. |
n. (artifact) | 2. computer memory, computer storage, memory, memory board, storage, store | an electronic memory device.; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached" |
| ~ computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically. |
| ~ computer hardware, hardware | (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system. |
| ~ memory device, storage device | a device that preserves information for retrieval. |
| ~ non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage | computer storage that is not lost when the power is turned off. |
| ~ fixed storage, read-only memory, read-only storage, rom | (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed and read but cannot be changed. |
| ~ real storage | the main memory in a virtual memory system. |
| ~ register | (computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind. |
| ~ scratchpad | (computer science) a high-speed internal memory used for temporary storage of preliminary information. |
| ~ virtual memory, virtual storage | (computer science) memory created by using the hard disk to simulate additional random-access memory; the addressable storage space available to the user of a computer system in which virtual addresses are mapped into real addresses. |
| ~ volatile storage | computer storage that is erased when the power is turned off. |
n. (artifact) | 3. depot, entrepot, storage, store, storehouse | a depository for goods.; "storehouses were built close to the docks" |
| ~ depositary, depository, repository, deposit | a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping. |
| ~ dump | a place where supplies can be stored.; "an ammunition dump" |
| ~ garner, granary | a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed. |
| ~ powder magazine, powder store, magazine | a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored. |
| ~ railhead | a railroad depot in a theater of operations where military supplies are unloaded for distribution. |
| ~ treasure house | a storehouse for treasures. |
| ~ storage warehouse, warehouse | a storehouse for goods and merchandise. |
v. (possession) | 4. hive away, lay in, put in, salt away, stack away, stash away, store | keep or lay aside for future use.; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat" |
| ~ bin | store in bins. |
| ~ keep, hold on | retain possession of.; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" |
| ~ computerise, computerize | store in a computer.; "computerized dictionary" |
| ~ victual | lay in provisions.; "The vessel victualled before the long voyage" |
| ~ accumulate, collect, compile, amass, hoard, roll up, pile up | get or gather together.; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" |
| ~ hive | store, like bees.; "bees hive honey and pollen"; "He hived lots of information" |
v. (possession) | 5. store | find a place for and put away for storage.; "where should we stow the vegetables?"; "I couldn't store all the books in the attic so I sold some" |
| ~ garner | store grain. |
| ~ keep, hold on | retain possession of.; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" |
| ~ keep | store or keep customarily.; "Where do you keep your gardening tools?" |
| ~ mothball | put into long-term storage. |
| ~ reposit | put (something) in a place for storage.; "the treasure found int he ancient tomb was reposited in the museum" |
| ~ wharf | store on a wharf.; "Wharf the merchandise" |
| ~ tank | store in a tank by causing (something) to flow into it. |
| ~ loft | store in a loft. |
| ~ warehouse | store in a warehouse. |
| ~ garage | keep or store in a garage.; "we don't garage our car" |
| ~ bottle | store (liquids or gases) in bottles. |
| ~ ensile | store in a silo.; "ensile fodder for the cows" |
sale | | |
n. (act) | 1. sale | a particular instance of selling.; "he has just made his first sale"; "they had to complete the sale before the banks closed" |
| ~ marketing, merchandising, selling | the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money. |
| ~ divestiture | the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division. |
n. (act) | 2. sale | the general activity of selling.; "they tried to boost sales"; "laws limit the sale of handguns" |
| ~ auction sale, vendue, auction | the public sale of something to the highest bidder. |
| ~ marketing, merchandising, selling | the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money. |
| ~ sell | the activity of persuading someone to buy.; "it was a hard sell" |
n. (act) | 3. cut-rate sale, sale, sales event | an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices.; "they held a sale to reduce their inventory"; "I got some great bargains at their annual sale" |
| ~ bazaar, fair | a sale of miscellany; often for charity.; "the church bazaar" |
| ~ boot sale, car boot sale | an outdoor sale at which people sell things from the trunk of their car. |
| ~ clearance sale, inventory-clearance sale | a sale to reduce inventory. |
| ~ closeout | a sale intended to dispose of all remaining stock. |
| ~ fire sale | a sale of merchandise supposedly damaged by fire. |
| ~ fire sale | a sale of assets at very low prices typically when the seller faces bankruptcy. |
| ~ garage sale, yard sale | an outdoor sale of used personal or household items held on the seller's premises. |
| ~ going-out-of-business sale | a sale of all the tangible assets of a business that is about to close.; "during the Great Depression going-out-of-business sales were very common" |
| ~ realisation, realization | a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained. |
| ~ jumble sale, rummage sale | a sale of donated articles. |
| ~ selloff | a sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade. |
| ~ white sale | a sale of household linens. |
| ~ occasion | an opportunity to do something.; "there was never an occasion for her to demonstrate her skill" |
n. (state) | 4. sale | the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling.; "you'll find vitamin C for sale at most pharmacies"; "the new line of cars will soon be on sale" |
| ~ merchantability | the state of being fit for market; ready to be bought or sold. |
n. (communication) | 5. sale, sales agreement | an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer).; "the salesman faxed the sales agreement to his home office" |
| ~ conditional sale | a sale in which the buyer receives title to the property only upon the performance of some condition (usually the full payment of the purchase price). |
| ~ execution sale, forced sale, judicial sale, sheriff's sale | a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation. |
| ~ agreement, understanding | the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises.; "they had an agreement that they would not interfere in each other's business"; "there was an understanding between management and the workers" |
ware | | |
n. (artifact) | 1. ware | articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'. |
| ~ article | one of a class of artifacts.; "an article of clothing" |
| ~ article of commerce | an article that is offered for sale. |
| ~ metalware | household articles made of metal (especially for use at table). |
| ~ tableware | articles for use at the table (dishes and silverware and glassware). |
| ~ woodenware | ware for domestic use made of wood. |
n. (artifact) | 2. merchandise, product, ware | commodities offered for sale.; "good business depends on having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of products" |
| ~ cargo, consignment, freight, lading, shipment, payload, load, loading | goods carried by a large vehicle. |
| ~ commodity, trade good, good | articles of commerce. |
| ~ contraband | goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law. |
| ~ feature | an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles. |
| ~ generic | any product that can be sold without a brand name. |
| ~ ironmongery | the merchandise that is sold in an ironmonger's shop. |
| ~ irregular, second | merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name. |
| ~ business line, line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product line, line | a particular kind of product or merchandise.; "a nice line of shoes" |
| ~ mercantile establishment, outlet, retail store, sales outlet | a place of business for retailing goods. |
| ~ number | an item of merchandise offered for sale.; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number" |
| ~ refill | a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents.; "he got a refill for his ball-point pen"; "he got a refill for his notebook" |
| ~ release | merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film).; "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra" |
| ~ dreck, schlock, shlock | merchandise that is shoddy or inferior. |
| ~ software product, software package | merchandise consisting of a computer program that is offered for sale. |
| ~ inventory, stock | the merchandise that a shop has on hand.; "they carried a vast inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory" |
| ~ top of the line | the best (most expensive) in a given line of merchandise. |
| ~ piece goods, yard goods | merchandise in the form of fabrics sold by the yard. |
v. (consumption) | 3. consume, squander, ware, waste | spend extravagantly.; "waste not, want not" |
| ~ fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away, fool, dissipate, shoot | spend frivolously and unwisely.; "Fritter away one's inheritance" |
| ~ luxuriate, wanton | become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously. |
| ~ lavish, shower | expend profusely; also used with abstract nouns.; "He was showered with praise" |
| ~ overspend | spend at a high rate. |
| ~ expend, spend, drop | pay out.; "spend money" |
| ~ splurge, fling | indulge oneself.; "I splurged on a new TV" |
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