Shop vs. Purchase

Shopnoun

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

Shopnoun

A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.

Shopnoun

A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.

Shopnoun

Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.

Shopnoun

A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.

Shopnoun

An establishment where a barber or beautician works.

Shopnoun

An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.

Shopnoun

Discussion of business or professional affairs.

Shopverb

(intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.

Shopverb

(transitive) To purchase products from (a range or catalogue, etc.).

Shopverb

To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.

Shopverb

Shorthand for photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.

Shopinterjection

(dated) Used to attract the services of a shop assistant

Shop

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

Shopnoun

A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.

Shopnoun

A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.

Shopnoun

A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; - sometimes in deprecation or disapproval; as, to talk shop at a party. Also used attributively, as in shop talk.

Shopnoun

A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop;

Shopnoun

Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc.

Shopnoun

the group of workers and the activities controlled by an administrator; as, to have five people in one's shop.

Shopverb

To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.

Shopnoun

a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services;

Shopnoun

small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

Shopnoun

a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity);

Shopverb

do one's shopping;

Shopverb

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

Shopverb

shop around; not necessarily buying;

Shopverb

give away information about somebody;

Purchasenoun

(obsolete) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)

Purchasenoun

An individual item one has purchased.

Purchasenoun

The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.

Purchasenoun

That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.

Purchasenoun

That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.

Purchasenoun

(uncountable) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.

Purchasenoun

The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and in nautical terminology the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.

Purchasenoun

The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.

Purchasenoun

Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.

Purchasenoun

A price paid for a house or estate, etc. equal to the amount of the rent or income during the stated number of years.

Purchaseverb

To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

Purchaseverb

To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.

Purchaseverb

To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.

Purchaseverb

To expiate by a fine or forfeit.

Purchaseverb

To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to.

Purchaseverb

To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.

Purchaseverb

To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.

Purchaseverb

To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

Purchaseverb

To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house.

Purchaseverb

To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.; as, to purchase favor with flattery.

Purchaseverb

To expiate by a fine or forfeit.

Purchaseverb

To acquire by any means except descent or inheritance.

Purchaseverb

To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase upon, or apply a purchase to; as, to purchase a cannon.

Purchaseverb

To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert one's self.

Purchaseverb

To acquire wealth or property.

Purchasenoun

The act of seeking, getting, or obtaining anything.

Purchasenoun

The act of seeking and acquiring property.

Purchasenoun

The acquisition of title to, or properly in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.

Purchasenoun

That which is obtained, got, or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.

Purchasenoun

That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.

Purchasenoun

Any mechanical hold, or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle, capstan, and the like; also, the apparatus, tackle, or device by which the advantage is gained.

Purchasenoun

Acquisition of lands or tenements by other means than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.

Purchasenoun

the acquisition of something for payment;

Purchasenoun

something acquired by purchase

Purchasenoun

a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage;

Purchasenoun

the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever

Purchaseverb

obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction;

Purchaseverb

acquire (something) by paying for it; buy

Purchaseverb

obtain or achieve with effort or suffering

Purchaseverb

haul up (a rope, cable, or anchor) by means of a pulley or lever.

Purchasenoun

the action of buying something

Purchasenoun

a thing that has been bought

Purchasenoun

the acquisition of property by one's personal action rather than by inheritance.

Purchasenoun

the annual rent or return from land

Purchasenoun

firm contact or grip

Purchasenoun

a pulley or similar device for moving heavy objects.