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shopped
[shop] 
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shop
[shop]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look for merchandise to buy |
| Synonyms: | buy, go shopping, hunt for, look for, market, purchase, try to buy |
| Notes: | at first, shop designated a small retail establishment and store was applied only to a large establishment; now the differences are blurred |
| Antonyms: | sell |
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| Concept: | Purchase. |
| Category: | 3. Interchange of Property |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
purchase, emption; buying, purchasing, shopping; preemption, refusal., coemption, bribery; slave trade., buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee; patron, employer, client, customer, clientele.
-verbs
buy, purchase, invest in, procure; rent (hire); repurchase, buy in., keep in one's pay, bribe, suborn; pay; spend., make a purchase, complete a purchase; buy over the counter., shop, market, go shopping.
-adjectives
purchased.
-phrases
caveat emptor, let the buyer beware; the customer is always right.
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| Antonyms: | sale |
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