[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shop.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / shop [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/S/) # shop «shop» in Mova's school dictionary: **a place where you buy things** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun, verb (shop, shops, shopped, shopping) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A shop is a place where you buy things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#m1) 2) To shop is to go and buy things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#m2) 3) A workshop is a place where things are made or fixed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#m3) 4) «Shopping» is buying things, or the things you bought. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#m4) 5) (casual) «The shops» means the local shopping street or centre: «I'm off to the shops»; «shop till you drop» means shop a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#m5) 6) (UK slang, rough) To shop someone is to tell the police or a teacher about them: «He shopped me to the head.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#m6) 7) (casual) «Talk shop» means talk about work; «shut up shop» means close or stop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#m7) 8) (formal) «Retail premises», «establishment» and «vendor» are stiff words for a shop: «items purchased from a retail establishment». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#m8) ### sense in the lessons Maths: a place of buying and selling with prices, money spent and change: cost = price × number; things left = start − sold. Everyday: corner shop, toy shop, go shopping, shopping list, shopping bag. American English often says «store» for shop. In casual talk: «nip to the shop», «the offie» (UK off-licence), «servo» (Australia, a petrol station shop). In the exam voice: «a retail establishment», «the vendor», «expenditure incurred». Phrases: «shop around», «window-shopping», «a bull in a china shop». ### examples - The shop sells pens for $2 each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#x1) - She shopped for 2 hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#x2) - The shop had 60 cakes and sold 45. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#x3) - How much did she spend at the shop? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#x4) - We go shopping on Saturday mornings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#x5) - Write a shopping list so you don't forget the milk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#x6) - The bike shop fixed my flat tyre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#x7) - The shop closes at six. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#x8) - nip to the shop, get 2 milk and bread, here's a tenner (casual, UK) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#x9) - them sweets is 2 dollar each at the shop (casual, broken grammar) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#x10) - You shopped me to the teacher? You little snitch. (rough, UK slang) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#x11) - A retail establishment possesses 60 cakes, of which 45 are sold; ascertain the quantity remaining. (formal exam) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#x12) - "From the shop opposite," he replied. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/#x13) ### note Countable noun; verb doubles the p: shopped, shopping. A money setting: cost = price × number; things left = start − sold; change = money given − cost. Shop (UK) = store (US). Trap: «shopped someone» (UK slang) means told on them, not bought anything. «Window-shopping» is looking, not buying, so no money is spent. A «tenner» is 10 pounds or dollars, a «fiver» 5. Formal «expenditure» = money spent. ### In the corpora - [Shops, hospitals, buses and factories need people at all hours, so their workers follow a rota that can change every week.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/1/) - [Cashback at a shop means taking your own money out as cash while paying by card; it is not a gift.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/20/) - [Volunteering means working without pay to help a good cause, like Gran's shift at the charity shop.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/18/) - [Vivid example: in a Leeds corner shop, Auntie Bev holds up a magazine: "SOAP STAR'S SECRET HEARTBREAK!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/46-tabloids-sources-close-to-and-the-photo/3/) - ["People like you also bought" lists are made to help shops sell you more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/18-cars-doctors-translators/11/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «shop» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shop/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.