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shop  (shp)
n.
1. also shoppe A small retail store or a specialty department in a large store.
2. An atelier; a studio.
3. A place for manufacturing or repairing goods or machinery.
4. A commercial or industrial establishment: a printing shop.
5. A business establishment; an office or a center of activity.
6. A home workshop.
7.
a. A schoolroom fitted with machinery and tools for instruction in industrial arts.
b. The industrial arts as a technical science or course of study.
v. shopped, shop·ping, shops
v.intr.
1. To visit stores in search of merchandise or bargains.
2. To look for something with the intention of acquiring it.
v.tr.
To visit or buy from (a particular store).
Phrasal Verb:
shop around
1. To go from store to store in search of merchandise or bargains.
2. To look for something, such as a better job.
3. To offer (a large block of common stock, for example) for sale to various parties: "[The company] is now actively being shopped around, with a prospectus in circulation" (Marianne Yen).
Idiom:
talk shop
To talk about one's work.

[Middle English shoppe, from Old English sceoppa, treasure house.]

shop [ʃɒp]
n
1. (Business / Commerce) a place, esp a small building, for the retail sale of goods and services
2. an act or instance of shopping, esp household shopping the weekly shop
3. a place for the performance of a specified type of work; workshop
all over the shop Informal
a.  in disarray his papers were all over the shop
b.  in every direction I've searched for it all over the shop
(Business / Commerce)
shut up shop to close business at the end of the day or permanently
talk shop to speak about one's work, esp when meeting socially, sometimes with the effect of excluding those not similarly employed
vb shops, shopping, shopped
1. (intr; often foll by for) to visit a shop or shops in search of (goods) with the intention of buying them
2. (tr) Slang chiefly Brit to inform on or betray, esp to the police
[Old English sceoppa stall, booth; related to Old High German scopf shed, Middle Dutch schoppe stall]

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