# Shopping & Services

**Type:** Topic
**Words:** 27

## About

Stores, buying, selling, repairs, hospitality, and everyday service encounters.

## Words by Level

### A1
- order — The way things are arranged in relation to one another.; frequency rank 532
- hotel — A building where travellers pay to stay overnight and are given meals and other services.; frequency rank 780
- shop — A building or place where goods or services are sold to the public.; frequency rank 1030
- try out — to test or use something for the first time in order to see whether it works or is suitable

### A2
- store — A building or shop where you can buy things.; frequency rank 1022
- appointment — An arrangement to meet someone or be somewhere at a set time.; frequency rank 2126
- sale — The act of selling something, or an item that is sold.; frequency rank 2401
- repair — To fix something that is broken or damaged.; frequency rank 4251
- receipt — A piece of paper showing that you have paid for something.; frequency rank 5692

### B1
- service — Work done by one person or organization that helps or benefits others.; frequency rank 917
- delivery — The act of taking goods, mail, or other items to a place or person.; frequency rank 2727
- reservation — An arrangement made in advance to keep a room, table, or seat for you.; frequency rank 5667
- stall — A small open shop or table where goods are sold, especially in a market.; frequency rank 5881
- diner — a small informal restaurant, often with booths, a counter, and simple meals; frequency rank 6130
- refund — Money that is given back to you, usually because you returned something.; frequency rank 12298
- refund — To give someone their money back.; frequency rank 12298
- retail — The selling of goods directly to ordinary customers.; frequency rank 12429
- check-in desk

### B2
- purchase — Something that you have bought.; frequency rank 6462
- patron — A customer of a shop, restaurant, or other business, especially a regular one.; frequency rank 10108
- shoplifting — The crime of stealing goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer.; frequency rank 15933
- auction off — to sell something to the person who offers the highest price at a public sale
- raffle off — to award something as a prize in a raffle

### C1
- haggle over — to argue about a price or terms in an attempt to reach a better agreement

### C2
- curacy — the office, appointment, or period of service of a curate, including the stipend attached to the post; frequency rank 277668

### C2+
- cashier — a person who handles payments; to dismiss from service in disgrace
- chandlery — a shop or store selling supplies, especially for ships