1a building or part of a building where goods or services are sold:a video shopa barber’s shop
[in singular] informal an act of going shopping:she slogged her way round the supermarket doing the weekly shop
2 [usually with modifier] a place where things are manufactured or repaired; a workshop:an auto repair shop
a room or department in a factory where a particular stage of production is carried out:the machine shop
(the shop) informal the place where one works:she pointed to the classroom ceiling—‘I live here, over the shop.’
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1 [no object] visit one or more shops or websites to buy goods:she shopped for groceries twice a weeksometimes it’s more convenient to shop online [with object]:take a trip to downtown San Diego to shop the upscale stores of Horton Plaza
(shop around) look for the best available price or rate for something:they shopped around for cheaper food
2 [with object]British informal inform on (someone):she shopped her husband to bosses for taking tools home
establish oneself in a business:he set up shop as a hairdresser in Soho
shut up shop
cease trading.
informal cease doing something:flowers that come in one great burst, then shut up shop for the rest of the year
talk shop
discuss matters concerning one’s work, especially at a social occasion when this is inappropriate:he and his fellow workers would incessantly talk shop in the village pub
