shopping precinct

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shopping/ˈʃɒpɪŋ/

▶noun

• 1 the purchasing of goods from shops.

• 2 goods bought from shops, especially food and household goods.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shop/ʃɒp/

▶noun

• 1 a building or part of a building where goods or services are sold.

  ■ an act of going shopping.

• 2 a place where things are manufactured or repaired; a workshop.

▶verb (shops, shopping, shopped)

• 1 go to a shop or shops to buy goods.

  ■ (shop around) look for the best available price or rate for something.

• 2 Brit. informal inform on (someone).

– phrases
talk shop discuss matters concerning one's work, especially on an inappropriate occasion.

– origin ME: shortening of OFr. eschoppe ‘lean-to booth’.