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# newsagent

noun (a newsagent, newsagents; the newsagent's)

«newsagent» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A small shop selling newspapers, magazines, sweets, drinks and often stamps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsagent/#m1)
2. The person who owns or runs such a shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsagent/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday British and Australian life children go to the newsagent's for sweets, comics and trading cards; in the USA the nearest thing is a convenience store or newsstand. In maths problems it is a common shop where you buy items and work out change. Phrases: go to the newsagent's, a paper round from the newsagent.

### Examples

- I bought a comic at the newsagent's. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsagent/#x1)
- The newsagent knows everyone on our street. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsagent/#x2)
- Can you nip to the newsagent and get some milk? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsagent/#x3)
- My brother does a paper round for the newsagent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsagent/#x4)
- At the newsagent, a magazine costs £3 and a lolly costs 50p. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsagent/#x5)
- The newsagent opens at six in the morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsagent/#x6)

### Note

Countable. «The newsagent's» (with 's) means the shop; «the newsagent» can mean the shop or the person. Mainly British English; Americans say convenience store, deli or newsstand. Maths: buying several items at a newsagent means adding prices and taking the total from the money given.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «newsagent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/newsagent/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«newsagent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/newsagent.html) on Mova free.