A mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services:
— He bought it at a shop on Cape Cod.

synonym: store.

Roget 799: mart; market, marketplace; fair, bazaar, staple, exchange, change, bourse, hall, guildhall; tollbooth, customhouse; Tattersall's.    stall, booth, stand, newsstand; cart, wagon.    wharf; office, chambers, countinghouse, bureau; counter, compter [Fr.].    shop, emporium, establishment; store etc. 636; department store, general store, five and ten, variety store, co-op, finding store [U.S.], grindery warehouse^†.    [food stores: list] grocery, supermarket, candy store, sweet shop, confectionery, bakery, greengrocer, delicatessen, bakeshop, butcher shop, fish store, farmers' market, mom and pop store, dairy, health food store.    [specialized stores: list] tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's [Brit.], florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store; lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center; gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer.    mall, suburban mall, commons, pedestrian mall; shopping street.    surplus store, army-navy surplus store.    [locations where used articles are sold] auction; flea market; yard sale, garage sale; pawn shop; antiques store; second-hand store, second time around shop, thrift shop.    warehouse, wareroom^†; depot, interposit^†, entrepot [Fr.].    market-overt.    real-estate broker.    vending machine.    ... show more

Dutch: atelier, werkplaats, magazijn, nering, shop, winkel, zaak
Polish: punkt

Small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done.

synonym: workshop.

Roget 691: workshop, workhouse, workplace, shop, place of business; manufactory, mill, plant, works, factory; cabinet, studio; office, branch office bureau, atelier.    [specific types of workplace: list], hive, hive of industry; nursery; hothouse, hotbed; kitchen; mint, forge, loom; dock, dockyard; alveary^†; armory; laboratory, lab, research institute; refinery; cannery; power plant; beauty parlor; beehive, bindery, forcing pit, nailery^†, usine^†, slip, yard, wharf; foundry, foundery^†; furnace; vineyard; crucible, alembic, caldron, matrix.    ... show more

Polish: manufaktura

A course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity):
— I built a birdhouse in shop.

synonym: shop class.

Do one's shopping.

Roget 795: buy, purchase, invest in, procure; rent etc. (hire) 788; repurchase, buy in.    keep in one's pay, bribe, suborn; pay etc. 807; spend etc. 809.    make a purchase, complete a purchase; buy over the counter.    shop, market, go shopping.    ... show more

Do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of.

synonyms: buy at, frequent, patronise, patronize, shop at, sponsor.

Dutch: kleineren

Shop around; not necessarily buying.

synonym: browse.

Give away information about somebody.

synonyms: betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, snitch, stag, tell on.

Dutch: misleiden, aangeven, verklikken, bedriegen, verklappen, verlullen, verraden