A store that sells used clothes, goods, etc., in order to raise money for people who are poor, sick, etc
charity shop
A person who buys goods or a service
Customer
Retail therapy
An amount of gas, heat, light, etc. that are sent out
Emission
To move to the next thing or stage
Go on
A usually public sale of goods or property, where people make higher and higher bids (= offers of money) for each thing until the thing is sold to the person who will pay most
An auction
A person whose job is to receive and pay out money in a shop, bank, restaurant, etc
Cashier
This expression means, to be extremely expensive
To cost an arm and a leg
A product that is intended to be thrown away after use
Disposable
To cause someone to feel happier
Cheer up
A large shop divided into several different parts, each of which sells different things
Department store
Someone who serves customers in a shop
Sales assistant
To cheat someone by charging too much money, or to steal something
Rip someone off
The quality of being able to continue over a period of time
Sustainability
To succeed in talking to someone on the phone
Get through
A small store that sells fashionable clothes, shoes, jewelry, etc
Boutique
A person who buys goods or services for their own use
Consumer
To spend less money than you did before because you have less money
Tighten your belt
Decaying plant material that is added to soil to improve its quality
Compost
To accept that a difficult situation exists:
Face up to
This expression means, to be extremely expensive
Cost an arm and a leg
Someone whose job is to find things for someone else to buy
Personal shopper
Shop on a shoestring
To shop with a very small amount of money
A device for burning things that are no longer wanted
An incinerator
To take the place of something lost or damaged or to compensate for something bad with something good
To make up for