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# shopkeeper

«shopkeeper» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who owns or runs a small shop** — 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 (shopkeeper, shopkeepers)

### meaning for a pupil

A shopkeeper is a person who owns or runs a small shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopkeeper/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: a person who sells, buys stock, sets prices and gives change; his stock goes down with each sale and his money goes up. Everyday: the shopkeeper at the corner shop. Stories: a kind or grumpy shopkeeper.

### examples

- The shopkeeper has 80 eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopkeeper/#x1)
- The shopkeeper sells each egg for 20 cents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopkeeper/#x2)
- The shopkeeper gave her $3 in change. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopkeeper/#x3)
- How many eggs does the shopkeeper have left? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopkeeper/#x4)
- The shopkeeper smiled and wrapped the present. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopkeeper/#x5)
- Our shopkeeper knows everyone in the street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopkeeper/#x6)
- The shopkeeper counts the money in the till each night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopkeeper/#x7)
- Right heartily did the shopkeeper laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopkeeper/#x8)

### note

Countable: a shopkeeper, shopkeepers (US: storekeeper). The shopkeeper's stock goes down with each sale, his money goes up. Profit = selling price − buying price. Trap: none.

### In the corpora

- [In a shop you greet the shopkeeper before asking for what you need.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/9/)
- [They went back together; Harry said sorry to the shopkeeper and paid with his own pocket money.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy/3/)
- [The shopkeeper let them stay until the boys had gone and rang Freddie's mum.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/371-walking-away/11/)
- [Shopkeepers, teachers on duty and other grown-ups can help children who feel followed or threatened.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/371-walking-away/26/)
- [Oranges rolled into the road, and the shopkeeper, Mr Patel, fed up, rang the police.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/384-when-the-police-come/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shopkeeper» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopkeeper/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.