# Shopping & Services **Type:** Topic **Words:** 117 ## 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 - restaurant — A place where you can buy and eat meals, usually served at your table.; frequency rank 1418 - ticket — A printed piece of paper that shows you have paid to travel or to enter a place.; frequency rank 1623 - waiter — A person, especially a man, whose job is to serve food and drink to customers at their tables in a restaurant.; frequency rank 4039 - waitress — A woman whose job is to serve food and drink to customers at their tables in a restaurant.; frequency rank 5419 - dictionary — A book or app that lists words in alphabetical order and explains their meanings, spelling, and pronunciation.; frequency rank 9731 - bookstore — A shop where books are sold.; frequency rank 11830 ### A2 - store — A building or shop where you can buy things.; frequency rank 1022 - market — A place where people buy and sell goods, often outdoors with stalls.; frequency rank 1487 - appointment — An arrangement to meet someone or be somewhere at a set time.; frequency rank 2126 - tip — A small amount of extra money given to thank someone for a service, such as a waiter.; frequency rank 2280 - sale — The act of selling something, or an item that is sold.; frequency rank 2401 - customer — A person or company that buys goods or services from a shop or business.; frequency rank 2889 - mall — A large building or area with many shops and restaurants under one roof.; frequency rank 4022 - 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 - cupboard — A piece of furniture with doors and shelves, used to store food, dishes, or other things.; frequency rank 7621 - sew — To join or repair pieces of cloth using a needle and thread.; frequency rank 8170 - cafeteria — A self-service restaurant where you choose your food and carry it to a table, often in a school or workplace.; frequency rank 8259 - drugstore — A shop that sells medicines along with everyday items like cosmetics and snacks.; frequency rank 12758 - bookshop — A shop where books are sold.; frequency rank 24222 - department store - grocery store - shop assistant ### B1 - service — Work done by one person or organization that helps or benefits others.; frequency rank 917 - client — A person or company that pays for the services of a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.; frequency rank 1310 - delivery — The act of taking goods, mail, or other items to a place or person.; frequency rank 2727 - counter — A long, flat surface in a shop, kitchen, or bank where people are served.; frequency rank 4136 - 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 - buyer — A person who buys something.; frequency rank 6806 - merchant — A person who buys and sells goods, especially in large amounts or as a business.; frequency rank 6980 - booking — An arrangement to have a seat, room, or service kept for you at a later time.; frequency rank 10321 - refund — Money that is given back to you, usually because you returned something.; frequency rank 12298 - retail — The selling of goods directly to ordinary customers.; frequency rank 12429 - advertise — To tell the public about a product or service in order to encourage them to buy it.; frequency rank 14128 - rearrange — To change the order, position, or arrangement of things.; frequency rank 18753 - checkout — The place in a shop where you pay for what you are buying.; frequency rank 21477 - check-in counter — The act of reporting your arrival at an airport or hotel, often at a special desk.; frequency rank 23639 - check-in desk ### B2 - purchase — Something that you have bought.; frequency rank 6462 - merchandise — Goods that are offered for sale.; frequency rank 8240 - patron — A customer of a shop, restaurant, or other business, especially a regular one.; frequency rank 10108 - functional — Working properly; in good working order.; frequency rank 12922 - catalog — A book or list showing items, often things for sale.; frequency rank 14328 - shoplifting — The crime of stealing goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer.; frequency rank 15933 - bazaar — a marketplace or shopping district consisting of many small shops or stalls, especially in the Middle East or South Asia; frequency rank 16255 - alphabetical — Arranged in the order of the letters of the alphabet.; frequency rank 26520 - disorganized — Not arranged or planned in a clear, ordered way; messy and confused.; frequency rank 26741 - shoplift — To steal goods from a shop while pretending to be a customer.; frequency rank 46222 - bookseller — a person whose business is selling books; frequency rank 47466 - paperless — Using electronic methods instead of paper to store or send information.; frequency rank 77828 ### C1 - comply — To do what a rule, order, or request demands.; frequency rank 11858 - consecutive — Following one after another without a break.; frequency rank 17415 - unplug — To disconnect an electrical device by pulling its plug out of the socket.; frequency rank 20514 - commissary — a store that supplies food and other goods to members of a military base, prison, or similar institution; frequency rank 26436 - churn — To move or stir something, especially liquid, with great force and motion.; frequency rank 27709 - wares — Goods or products that are offered for sale.; frequency rank 30134 - respectively — In the order already mentioned, matching each item to the one before it.; frequency rank 41200 - shopkeeping — the business or occupation of owning, managing, or working in a retail shop; frequency rank 205815 ### C2 - draper — a person who sells cloth, curtains, and related textile goods; frequency rank 15797 - patronize — To talk to someone as if they were less intelligent or important than you.; frequency rank 19419 - consignment — A batch of goods that is sent or delivered, especially for sale.; frequency rank 21462 - haphazard — Done without any clear plan or order; careless and random.; frequency rank 43087 - tobacconist — a person who sells tobacco, cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and related goods; frequency rank 46800 - consign — To hand something or someone over to another's care or keeping.; frequency rank 50196 - coster — dated British: a street seller of fruit, vegetables, or other goods; a costermonger; frequency rank 84862 - perfumery — perfumes or fragrant preparations collectively; frequency rank 89340 - porterage — the work or service of carrying luggage or goods, especially by a porter; frequency rank 335540 - dry goods — historical and chiefly US: textiles, clothing, and related merchandise sold by a shop ### C2+ - touter — a person who solicits customers or promotes something in an insistent or obtrusive way; frequency rank 367376 - bespeak — to be evidence of; to order or reserve in advance - burglarize — to break into a building unlawfully in order to steal - outright — wholly and completely; without reservation - receptacle — a container used to hold or store something - chasten — to discipline or subdue in order to correct or improve - chippy — irritable and quarrelsome; or a British fish-and-chip shop - chronicle — a factual written account of events in order of occurrence - commandment — a divine rule or authoritative order - disordered — lacking order or arrangement; in a state of confusion - alphabetic — arranged in or relating to the order of the alphabet - alphabetize — to arrange in alphabetical order - arsenal — a store or collection of weapons and military equipment - auxesis — rhetorical amplification arranging ideas in ascending order of importance; growth by cell enlargement - countermine — to thwart an enemy's mine by digging a counter-tunnel; to counter a hostile scheme - disarrange — to disturb the order or arrangement of; to throw into disorder - disorganization — lack of order or systematic arrangement; confusion - disruptive — causing disturbance or upheaval; radically altering an established order - exportation — the act of sending goods abroad for sale - hoard — to accumulate and hide away a store of something - injunction — a court order requiring or forbidding an action; an authoritative command - permutation — an arrangement of items in a particular order, or one of several variations - precedence — priority in importance, order, or rank - provider — one who supplies something or supports a family - sequential — following in a logical order or consecutive succession - supranatural — transcending or lying beyond the natural order; supernatural - bakeshop — a bakery; a shop where bread and pastries are made or sold - banquette — an upholstered bench along a wall, especially in a restaurant - cashier — a person who handles payments; to dismiss from service in disgrace - cetacean — a marine mammal of the order including whales, dolphins, and porpoises - chandlery — a shop or store selling supplies, especially for ships - chelonian — a reptile of the order comprising turtles and tortoises - collate — to collect and arrange items in proper order, especially for comparison - commandery — a district or estate under the command of a knightly order - enjoin — to instruct or urge to do something; to prohibit by order - fiat — an authoritative decree or order issued without consent - nun — a woman belonging to a religious order under vows - overhaul — to examine and repair thoroughly; a thorough renovation - randomly — in a manner lacking any pattern, plan, or predictable order - rebate — a partial refund or deduction returned to a buyer - sequentially — in a successive order, one after another - unreserved — without reservation; frank or not set aside - vie — to compete eagerly in order to gain something - cadeau — a gift or present; a consciously French or literary term in English - market-house — dated: a building, often municipally owned, in which a public market is held