n.
shop, establishment where goods are sold
( esp. AE ; see the Usage Note for shop )
1) to manage, operate, run a ~
2) a book~; candy; chain, multiple ( BE ); clothing; company; convenience; department; discount ~; drug~; five-and-dime ( AE ), five-and-ten-cent ( AE ); food, grocery; furniture; general; hardware; jewelry; music; retail; self-service; shoe; toy ~
3) ( AE ) a dry-goods ~ ( BE has draper's shop )
4) ( AE ) a liquor, package ~ ( BE has off licence )
5) ( AE ) a variety ~ ( BE has haberdashery )
6) at, in a ~ (she works at/in a ~)
misc.
7) to set ~ by ('to attribute importance to'); to lie/be in ~ ('to be imminent'); to have smt. in ~ for smb. ('to have smt. prepared for smb.')