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shop noun 1 a room or building where goods are sold or services are provided. 2 a place providing specific goods or services • a barber's shop • a betting shop. 3 a spell of shopping, especially for food or household items. 4 a place where mechanics work, or where any kind of industry is pursued; a workshop • machine shop. 5 a place of employment or activity. 6 slang prison. 7 talk about one's own business. verb (shopped, shopping) 1 intrans to visit a shop or shops, especially in order to buy goods. 2 slang to imprison, or cause to be imprisoned. 3 slang to betray or inform on someone to the police, etc. all over the shop colloq scattered everywhere; in numerous places. set up shop to establish or open a trading establishment. shut up shop colloq to stop trading, either at the end of the working day or permanently. talk shop colloq to talk about one's work or business, especially in a tedious way.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon sceoppa treasury.