- window-shop
- intransitive verb Date: 1922 to look at the displays in retail store windows without going inside the stores to make purchases • window-shopper noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
window-shop
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window-shop — window shopper, n. /win doh shop /, v., window shopped, window shopping. v.i. 1. to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases. 2. to examine or evaluate merchandise for possible purchase, use, etc.: Russian… … Universalium
window-shop — ► VERB ▪ look at the goods displayed in shop windows, especially without intending to buy. DERIVATIVES window shopper noun … English terms dictionary
window-shop — window shopping UK US noun [U] COMMERCE, E COMMERCE ► the activity of going to a store or website to look at goods rather than to buy anything: »98% of the site s traffic is window shopping rather than spending. window shop verb [I] ► »People… … Financial and business terms
window-shop — [win′dōshäp΄] vi. window shopped, window shopping to look at displays of goods in store windows without entering the stores to buy window shopper n … English World dictionary
window-shop — USA This is an exception to the no shop provision in an acquisition or merger agreement that allows the target company or seller to discuss and negotiate unsolicited third party offers during a specified period of time between the signing and… … Law dictionary
window-shop — window ,shop verb intransitive to go window shopping … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
window-shop — /ˈwɪndoʊ ʃɒp / (say windoh shop) verb (i) (window shopped, window shopping) to look at articles in shopwindows instead of actually buying. –window shopper, noun –window shopping, adjective, noun …
window-shop — win′dow shop v. i. shopped, shop•ping to look at items in store windows without making any purchases win′dow shop per, n … From formal English to slang
window-shop — verb examine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only • Hypernyms: ↑shop, ↑browse • Verb Frames: Somebody s Somebody s PP … Useful english dictionary
window-shop — verb look at the goods in shop windows, especially without intending to buy. Derivatives window shopper noun … English new terms dictionary
window-shop — verb to engage in window shopping; to browse the windows of shops with no intention of buying anything See Also: window shopping … Wiktionary
