shopkeeper

CEFRB1

/ˈʃɒpkiːpə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who owns or manages a shop.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail, in distinction from one who sells by wholesale, or sells door to door.

Examples

  • "Are you being attended to?" asked the shopkeeper.

  • The shopkeeper urged me to buy it.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • The shopkeeper let this cloth go for almost nothing.

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The helpful blank showed me where the bread was in his store.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From shop + keeper.