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What's The Definition Of Shop?

\Shop\, n. 1. A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; -- generally in deprecation. 2. A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop; also, (Slang), any of the various places of business which are commonly called offices, as of a lawyer, doctor, broker, etc. 3. Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc. [Slang, Chiefly Eng.]
\Shop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Shopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shopping}.] To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods. He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping. --Byron.
\Shop\, obs. imp. of {Shape}. Shaped. --Chaucer.
\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., are sold by retail. From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter. --Cowper. 2. A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop. A tailor called me in his shop. --Shak. Note: Shop is often used adjectively or in composition; as, shop rent, or shop-rent; shop thief, or shop-thief; shop window, or shop-window, etc. {To smell of the shop}, to indicate too distinctively one's occupation or profession. {To talk shop}, to make one's business the topic of social conversation; also, to use the phrases peculiar to one's employment. [Colloq.] Syn: Store; warehouse. See {Store}.