Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
alcaiceria | (Spanish) a bazaar. |
automat | a restaurant or shop where hot dishes are obtained from slot machines. |
bakeshop | a bakery. |
bazaar | (Persian) an Eastern marketplace. |
bazar | (Persian) an Eastern marketplace. |
bookshop | a store where books are sold. |
bookstall | a stall for the sale of books. |
bookstore | a bookshop. |
bootery | a shoe store. |
boutique | (Fr.) a shop, or department in a store, selling (esp fashionable) clothes or accessories. |
boutiquey | like a boutique. |
brewhouse | a brewery. |
brickfield | a brickyard. |
chandlery | the business of, premises of, or goods sold by a chandler. |
checkout | the cash desk where goods bought in a supermarket, etc are paid for. |
chophouse | in China, a customs house. |
chowk | (Hindi) a marketplace. |
clearinghouse | an establishment maintained by banks for settling mutual claims and accounts. |
coalyard | a yard where coal is stored. |
confectionary | a place where sweets are made. |
crame | (Scots) a booth for selling goods. |
curriery | a currier's shop or trade. |
cyclery | a bicycle shop. |
dairy | an establishment dealing in milk products. |
deli | (Short for) a delicatessen. |
delly | (Coll.) a delicatessen (adj.) like a dell |
dep | a convenience store. |
depanneur | (Fr.) a convenience store in French Canada. |
depository | a place where anything is deposited. |
drivethrough | a shop or restaurant designed so that customers can be served without leaving their cars. |
drugstore | (US) a chemist's shop. |
duddery | a place where rags are bought and kept for sale. |
duka | (Swahili) in E. Africa, a shop, store. |
emporium | (Lat.) a shop, esp one that sells unusual or fancy goods. |
entrepot | (Fr.) a place, such as a warehouse, port, or trading center, to which goods are brought for distribution to other parts of the world. |
etalage | (Fr.) a display, esp of goods in a shop window. |
flypitch | a market stall for which an operator has no licence. |
forum | (Lat.) a marketplace; a place for discussion. |
galleria | (Ital.) a shopping arcade. |
giftshop | a shop selling presents. |
ginshop | (Arch.) a shop or barroom where gin is sold as a beverage. |
godown | (Malay) a warehouse. |
groceteria | (US) a self-service grocery store. |
haberdashery | a shop selling small sewing articles. |
heelbar | a shop or counter where shoes, etc are repaired. |
hong | (Chinese) a Chinese warehouse or foreign mercantile house in China; (verb, obs.) to hang. |
hypermarket | a very large self-service store. |
hypermart | a very large self-service store. |
kirana | in India, a small, usually family-owned shop selling groceries and other sundries. |
launderette | a self-service laundry. |
laundrette | a self-service laundry. |
librairie | (Fr.) a bookshop. |
louma | a weekly market in rural areas of developing countries. |
luckenbooth | (Scots) a shop or booth esp in 18th century Edinburgh. |
mandi | (Hindi) a big market. |
market | a periodic gathering of people for the purposes of buying and selling; (verb) to offer for sale. |
marketplace | an open square or place in a town where markets or public sales are held. |
megamall | a very large shopping mall. |
megastore | a large supermarket. |
mercado | (Spanish) a market. |
mercat | (Scots) market; trade. |
microbrewery | a small brewery making specialty beer in limited quantities. |
minimarket | a small supermarket. |
minimart | a small supermarket, convenience store. |
offie | (Sl.) an off-licence. |
offy | (Sl.) an off-licence. |
patisserie | (Fr.) a shop which sells fancy cakes etc. |
pawnshop | a place where things are pawned. |
pharmacy | a drugstore. |
pizzeria | (Ital.) a place where pizzas are sold. |
ramada | (Spanish) an outdoor eating area with roof but open sides. |
rialto | a theatrical district; a marketplace. |
salering | a ring where eg cattle are sold. |
saleroom | a room where goods for sale, esp at auction, are displayed. |
salesroom | a room where goods for sale, esp at auction, are displayed. |
saleyard | an enclosure in which livestock for auction are kept. |
servo | (Aust. sl.) a service station. |
shebang | a room, house, shop; an affair as in 'the whole shebang'. |
shopfront | the front of a shop. |
shophouse | (in Southeast Asia) a store opening onto the sidewalk and also used as the owner's residence. |
shoppe | a small store. |
showplace | a place visited or shown as a sight. |
sook | (Arabic) an Arab marketplace; (verb) to suck. |
souk | (Arabic) an Arab marketplace; (verb) to suck. |
stockyard | a large yard with pens where cattle are kept for slaughter, market etc. |
submarket | a subordinate market. |
suk | (Arabic) an Arab marketplace. |
sukh | (Arabic) an Arab marketplace. |
superbazaar | in India, a large department store or supermarket, esp one set up as a cooperative store by the government. |
superbazar | in India, a large department store or supermarket, esp one set up as a cooperative store by the government. |
superette | a small local supermarket. |
supermarket | a selfservice retail market selling esp foods and household merchandise. |
supermart | a big supermarket. |
superstore | a very large store often offering a wide variety of merchandise for sale. |
suq | (Arabic) an Arab marketplace. |
swagshop | a place where cheap trashy goods are sold. |
sweetshop | a shop that sells sweets. |
tagareen | (Dial.) a junk shop. |
tallyshop | a shop where goods are sold on credit to be paid for by instalments. |
tolsel | a tollbooth; a merchants' meeting place, or exchange. |
tolsey | a tollbooth; a merchants' meeting place, or exchange. |
tolzey | a tollbooth; also, a merchants' meeting place, or exchange. |
toyshop | a shop where toys are sold. |
tripery | a place where tripe is prepared or sold. |
truckstop | a place providing fuel, oil and service facilities for truck drivers. |
tryste | a market. |
tuckshop | a confectioner's shop. |
vintry | a place where wine is sold. |
warehouse | a building or room for storing goods; (verb) to store in a warehouse. |
warehousing | storage in a warehouse. |
winery | a place where wine is prepared. |
wineshop | a shop where wine is sold. |