Business name word

Shop

An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.

Pronunciation: /ʃɒp/, /ʃɑp/

What “Shop” means

Noun

An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.
A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.
Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.
Discussion of business or professional affairs.

Verb

To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.
To browse or purchase products from (a catalog, an internet website, etc.), mostly from home.
To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.
To imprison.
To photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.

Intj

Used to attract the services of a shop assistant

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skup- Old English scoppa Middle English schoppe English shop From Middle English shoppe, schoppe, from Old English sċoppa (“shed; booth; stall; shop”), from Proto-Germanic *skupp-, *skup- (“barn, shed”), from Proto-Indo-European *skub-, *skup- (“to bend, bow, curve, vault”). Cognate with Dutch schop (“shed”), German Schuppen (“shed”), German Schober (“barn”), French échoppe (“booth, shop”) (< Germanic). The verb is denominal. The noun senses “act of shopping”, “purchased items” are backformed from the verb.

Meanings and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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