SHOP

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ~pe, from Old English sceoppa booth; akin to Old High German scopf shed Date: 14th century a handicraft establishment ; atelier , 2. a building or room stocked with merchandise for sale ; store , a small retail establishment or a department in a large one offering a specified line of goods or services , a commercial establishment for the making or repair of goods or machinery , 4. a school laboratory equipped for industrial arts education, the art or science of working with tools and machinery, 5. a business establishment ; office , ~talk , II. verb (~ped; ~ping) Date: 1764 intransitive verb 1. to examine goods or services with intent to buy, to hunt through a market in search of the best buy, to make a search ; hunt , transitive verb to inform on ; betray , to examine the stock or offerings of , to offer for consideration or acceptance