shop

shop
\ \ [13] The word shop had humble beginnings. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *skoppan, which denoted a small additional structure, such as a lean-to shed or a porch. There is one isolated example of an Old English descendant of this – sceoppa, which denoted a ‘treasury’ – but this does not appear to have survived. The modern English word was borrowed from Old French eschoppebooth, stall’, which in turn had got it from Middle Low German schoppe. German dialect schopfshed, shelter’ comes from the same source. The verb shop originated in the 16th century, in the sense ‘imprison’ (reflecting a now obsolete slang use of the noun shop for ‘prison’). This is the ancestor of modern British slang shopinform against’. The sense ‘visit shops to buy things’ emerged in the mid 18th century.

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  • shop — shop …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Shop — Shop, n. [OE. shoppe, schoppe, AS. sceoppa a treasury, a storehouse, stall, booth; akin to scypen a shed, LG. schup a shed, G. schoppen, schuppen, a shed, a coachhouse, OHG. scopf.] 1. A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shop — n: a business establishment: a place of employment see also closed shop, open shop, union shop Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • shop — /shop/, n., v., shopped, shopping, interj. n. 1. a retail store, esp. a small one. 2. a small store or department in a large store selling a specific or select type of goods: the ski shop at Smith s. 3. the workshop of a craftsperson or artisan.… …   Universalium

  • shop — [shäp] n. [ME schoppe < OE sceoppa, booth, stall, akin to Ger schopf, porch < IE base * (s)keup , a bundle, sheaf of straw: prob. basic meaning “roof made of straw thatch”] 1. a) a place where certain goods or services are offered for sale; …   English World dictionary

  • .shop — Introduced 2000 TLD type Proposed generic top level domain Status Pending Registry CommercialConnect.net Sponsor None Intended use e commer …   Wikipedia

  • Shop — may refer to:*A retail shop or store *An online shop *A workshop *A machine shop *A paint shop * To shop to go to a store or stores to buy goods * Shop class , an industrial arts educational program *The Shopi, a subgroup of the Bulgarians, Serbs …   Wikipedia

  • Shop — 〈[ ʃɔ̣p] m. 6〉 Geschäft, Laden (SexShop) [engl.] * * * Shop [ʃɔp ], der; s, s [engl. shop, über das Afrz. < mniederd. schoppe = Schuppen]: Laden, Geschäft. * * * Shop   [dt. »Kaufladen«], Electronic Shopping. * * * Shop [ʃɔp], der; s, s [engl …   Universal-Lexikon

  • shop — SHOP, shopuri, s.n. Magazin în care se vând mărfuri cu plata în valută. [pr.: şop] – Din engl. [tourist] shop. Trimis de LauraGellner, 22.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  SHOP s.n. (Anglicism) Magazin, prăvălie. [< engl. shop]. Trimis de LauraGellner …   Dicționar Român

  • Shop — bezeichnet im Allgemeinen ein kleineres Einzelhandelsgeschäft oder einen virtuellen Marktplatz (E Shop). Spezielle Shops sind unter anderem: Coffee Shops, siehe Café Convenience Shops Coffee Shops (Niederlande), Headshops, Smartshops und… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • shop — ► NOUN 1) a building or part of a building where goods or services are sold. 2) a place where things are manufactured or repaired; a workshop. ► VERB (shopped, shopping) 1) go to a shop or shops to buy goods. 2) (shop around) …   English terms dictionary

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