account
noun
an arrangement you have with a store or other business that allows you to pay for goods or services later
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noun
an arrangement you have with a store or other business that allows you to pay for goods or services later
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a record showing how much you owe a store or other business for goods or services that you have received
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the tendency of customers to keep buying the same brand of a particular product instead of trying other brands
used for saying that when you buy something you are responsible for checking its quality
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a plastic card that you get from a particular store and use to buy its goods and pay for them later
verb
to compare prices and features of products for sale in different stores in order to find the best deal
noun
extra money you pay to a store or company for getting your goods ready and sending them to you
noun
shopping in which you buy things at home using the phone, the mail, or the Internet
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a method of buying goods from a store by which a customer pays a small amount of money so that the store will keep the goods for them until they pay the rest
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a card given to customers of a supermarket or other business that gives them benefits such as price reductions
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a form that you use to order goods from a company or store, that has spaces where you write your name, address, etc.
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a situation in which large numbers of people buy a product in large quantities because they are worried there is not enough of it available
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all of the things that you have bought in a store, especially food and products for cleaning the house
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a card provided by a large store or supermarket that you can use to get points when you buy something from that store. You can then use these points instead of money.
noun
a situation in which a lot of people want to buy something at the same time
used for telling someone who works in a store that you do not yet know whether you want to buy anything
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using the Internet where you work, during working hours, for activities which are not work-related
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Open Dictionary
… to reveal a small part of your intentions in order to attract support, without actually committing yourself to doing anything
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