shopper

«shopper» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who is buying things in a shop or market, or online — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a shopper, shoppers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A shopper is a person who is buying things in a shop or market, or online. tree →

2) A smart shopper compares prices to spend money wisely. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths problems shoppers buy items, pay, and get change; in money lessons children learn to be careful shoppers. In everyday life, shops are busy with shoppers before holidays. Phrases: «busy shoppers», «online shopper», «window shopper» (someone who looks but does not buy).

examples

• The shop was full of shoppers before the holiday. tree →
• A careful shopper checks the price on each label. tree →
• Each shopper may buy only two bags of flour. tree →
• A shopper dropped her purse, and I gave it back. tree →
• Online shoppers get their things in the post. tree →
• The market opens early for shoppers. tree →
• Mum is a smart shopper who looks for special offers. tree →
• A shopper paid with a ten-dollar note and got three dollars change. tree →

note

Countable noun: shop + -er with a double p («shopper»). In word problems, the shopper is usually the one who spends money, so the money they have goes down. A «window shopper» only looks. In UK English a «shopper» can also be a shopping bag.

In the corpora

• Just then the shopper is back, staggering under a full basket, and soon the table is covered with good things.
• Some say tariffs protect home factories and bring jobs back; others say the cost is often passed on to shoppers as higher prices.

Trees and pragmatics

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