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n.
store
1) to manage, operate a ~
2) an antique ~; barber~ ( esp. AE ), barber's ~ ( BE ); book~; butcher ( AE ), butcher's ( BE ); chemist's ( BE ); duty-free; gift; novelty; pastry ~; sweet~ ( BE ); thrift; toy ~
3) a draper's ~ ( BE ; AE has dry-goods store )
4) at, in (she works in a ~)
work~
5) a beauty ( esp. AE ); body; machine; paint; printing ~
place of work
6) a closed ~ ('firm that hires only union members')
7) an open ~ ('firm that hires union members and non-union members')
8) a union ~ ('firm that hires only workers who will join the union if they are not already members')
misc.
9) to close down (a) ~ ('to stop operations'); to set up ~ ('to begin operations'); to talk ~ ('to discuss one's work while not at work'); a coffee ~ ( AE ; BE has coffee bar ); a betting ~ ( BE ; CE has book-maker's )
USAGE NOTE: Shop and store are CE . In BE , store tends to be used for a very large retail establishment ( department store ) and ~ for the others ( book~ , sweet~ ). In AE , store is used for all, regardless of size ( department store , book store , candy store ). However, AE can also use ~ for a small specialized store ( book~ , millinery ~ ).
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v.
1) ( D ; intr. ) to ~ for (to ~ for food)
2) ( misc. ) to go ~ping; let's go window ~ping; to ~ smb. to the police ( BE ; slang) ('to inform on smb. to the police')