Shop vs. Enterprise

Shopnoun

An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.

Enterprisenoun

A company, business, organization, or other purposeful endeavor.

‘The government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) are a group of financial services corporations which have been created by the United States Congress.’; ‘A micro-enterprise is defined as a business having 5 or fewer employees and a low seed capital.’;

Shopnoun

A place where things are manufactured or crafted; a workshop.

Enterprisenoun

An undertaking, venture, or project, especially a daring and courageous one.

‘Biosphere 2 was a scientific enterprise aimed at the exploration of the complex web of interactions within life systems.’;

Shopnoun

A large garage where vehicle mechanics work.

Enterprisenoun

A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.

‘He has shown great enterprise throughout his early career.’;

Shopnoun

Workplace; office. Used mainly in expressions such as shop talk, closed shop and shop floor.

Enterprisenoun

An active participation in projects.

Shopnoun

A variety of classes taught in junior or senior high school that teach vocational skill.

Enterpriseverb

(intransitive) To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.

Shopnoun

An establishment where a barber or beautician works.

‘a barber shop’;

Enterpriseverb

(transitive) To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.

Shopnoun

An act of shopping, especially routine shopping for food and other domestic supplies.

‘This is where I do my weekly shop.’;

Enterpriseverb

(transitive) To treat with hospitality; to entertain.

Shopnoun

Discussion of business or professional affairs.

Enterprisenoun

That which is undertaken; something attempted to be performed; a work projected which involves activity, courage, energy, and the like; a bold, arduous, or hazardous attempt; an undertaking; as, a manly enterprise; a warlike enterprise.

‘Their hands can not perform their enterprise.’;

Shopverb

(intransitive) To visit stores or shops to browse or explore merchandise, especially with the intention of buying such merchandise.

‘I went shopping early before the Christmas rush.’; ‘He’s shopping for clothes.’;

Enterprisenoun

Willingness or eagerness to engage in labor which requires boldness, promptness, energy, and like qualities; as, a man of great enterprise.

Shopverb

(transitive) To purchase products from (a range or catalogue, etc.).

‘Shop our new arrivals.’;

Enterpriseverb

To undertake; to begin and attempt to perform; to venture upon.

‘The business must be enterprised this night.’; ‘What would I not renounce or enterprise for you!’;

Shopverb

To report the criminal activities or whereabouts of someone to an authority.

‘He shopped his mates in to the police.’;

Enterpriseverb

To treat with hospitality; to entertain.

‘Him at the threshold met, and well did enterprise.’;

Shopverb

Shorthand for photoshop; to digitally edit a picture or photograph.

Enterpriseverb

To undertake an enterprise, or something hazardous or difficult.

Shopinterjection

(dated) Used to attract the services of a shop assistant

Enterprisenoun

a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness);

‘he had doubts about the whole enterprise’;

Shop

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

Enterprisenoun

an organization created for business ventures;

‘a growing enterprise must have a bold leader’;

Shopnoun

A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.

‘From shop to shopWandering, and littering with unfolded silksThe polished counter.’;

Enterprisenoun

readiness to embark on bold new ventures

Shopnoun

A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.

‘A tailor called me in his shop.’;

Enterprisenoun

a project or undertaking, especially a bold or complex one

‘a joint enterprise between French and Japanese companies’;

Shopnoun

A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; - sometimes in deprecation or disapproval; as, to talk shop at a party. Also used attributively, as in shop talk.

Enterprisenoun

initiative and resourcefulness

‘success came quickly, thanks to a mixture of talent, enterprise, and luck’;

Shopnoun

A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop;

Enterprisenoun

a business or company

‘a state-owned enterprise’;

Shopnoun

Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc.

Enterprisenoun

entrepreneurial economic activity

‘an economic environment which encourages enterprise’; ‘local enterprise agencies’;

Shopnoun

the group of workers and the activities controlled by an administrator; as, to have five people in one's shop.

Shopverb

To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.

‘He was engaged with his mother and some ladies to go shopping.’;

Shopnoun

a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services;

‘he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod’;

Shopnoun

small workplace where handcrafts or manufacturing are done

Shopnoun

a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity);

‘I built a birdhouse in shop’;

Shopverb

do one's shopping;

‘She goes shopping every Friday’;

Shopverb

do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

Shopverb

shop around; not necessarily buying;

‘I don't need help, I'm just browsing’;

Shopverb

give away information about somebody;

‘He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam’;