To compare prices of something in advance before shopping for the best bargain.

(UK) A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of everyday items such as newspapers, sweets and stationery, and is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.

(chiefly Australia, Britain, New Zealand, slang) A brothel.

(Britain, Ireland) A shop selling household groceries, toys, gimmicks etc, that are typically priced at a pound each.

A shop from which the tally trade is conducted

(UK, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, slang) A police station.

plural of shop steward

A local member of a trade union elected to represent his fellow workers in discussions with the management at a workplace.

A business or industrial establishment whose employees are required to be labor union members as a precondition to employment.

(Australia, New Zealand) A liquor store.