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# shopper

noun (a shopper, shoppers)

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

## Everyday

1. A shopper is a person who is buying things in a shop or market, or online. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopper/#m1)
2. A smart shopper compares prices to spend money wisely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopper/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopper/#x1)
- A careful shopper checks the price on each label. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopper/#x2)
- Each shopper may buy only two bags of flour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopper/#x3)
- A shopper dropped her purse, and I gave it back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopper/#x4)
- Online shoppers get their things in the post. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopper/#x5)
- The market opens early for shoppers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopper/#x6)
- Mum is a smart shopper who looks for special offers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopper/#x7)
- A shopper paid with a ten-dollar note and got three dollars change. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopper/#x8)

### 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.

## On Mova

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