Express the following in one word.
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 507.
Explain the meaning of the following words and collocations.
| to do the shopping | to go to shops in order to buy the things that you need regularly such as food |
| to go shopping | to go to shops to look at and buy things, often for enjoyment |
| to shop around | to go to several different shops comparing goods and their prices before deciding which ones to buy |
| to get | to get something by buying it, especially ordinary things such as food, clothes, or things for your house |
| shopping centre / mall | a specially-built large covered area where there are a lot of shops |
| department store | a large shop which is divided into several parts, each of which sells one type of thing, for example men's clothes, children's toys, or kitchen equipment |
| supermarket; grocery store | a large shop that sells food and other things that people regularly need |
| goods | movable articles (e.g. clothes, food, etc.) which can be owned, bought, or sold |
| customer | someone who buys goods or services |
| purchase | 1) buying; 2) an act of buying; 3) an article that has just been bought |
| bargain | something bought or offered cheaply |
| refund | repayment |
| stall, shop / store, chemist's / drugstore, market, kiosk, greengrocer's, baker's, butcher's |
1 a building where goods are sold to the public
2 a place outside where you can go to buy things
3 a table, especially outdoors, where goods are sold
4 a small hut on a street that sells things such as newspapers, cigarettes, and drinks
5 a shop selling vegetables and fruit
6 a shop where medical goods are sold
7 a shop where meat is sold
8 a shop where bread is sold