shop

/ʃɒp/ noun [C] (also US store)

Definition

› a building or part of a building where you can buy things: a book shop a shoe shop to go to the shops a shop window → See also charity shop

(Definition of shop noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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