shopkeeper

«shopkeeper» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who owns or runs a small shop — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (shopkeeper, shopkeepers)

meaning for a pupil

A shopkeeper is a person who owns or runs a small shop. tree →

sense in the lessons

Maths: a person who sells, buys stock, sets prices and gives change; his stock goes down with each sale and his money goes up. Everyday: the shopkeeper at the corner shop. Stories: a kind or grumpy shopkeeper.

examples

• The shopkeeper has 80 eggs. tree →
• The shopkeeper sells each egg for 20 cents. tree →
• The shopkeeper gave her $3 in change. tree →
• How many eggs does the shopkeeper have left? tree →
• The shopkeeper smiled and wrapped the present. tree →
• Our shopkeeper knows everyone in the street. tree →
• The shopkeeper counts the money in the till each night. tree →
• Right heartily did the shopkeeper laugh. tree →

note

Countable: a shopkeeper, shopkeepers (US: storekeeper). The shopkeeper's stock goes down with each sale, his money goes up. Profit = selling price − buying price. Trap: none.

In the corpora

• In a shop you greet the shopkeeper before asking for what you need.
• They went back together; Harry said sorry to the shopkeeper and paid with his own pocket money.
• The shopkeeper let them stay until the boys had gone and rang Freddie's mum.
• Shopkeepers, teachers on duty and other grown-ups can help children who feel followed or threatened.
• Oranges rolled into the road, and the shopkeeper, Mr Patel, fed up, rang the police.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shopkeeper» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.