Shopping Vocabulary

Things that we buy we can call:

• items

• purchases

• trash

When you go grocery shopping you buy...

• food

• clothes

• toiletries

I never expected to pay so little for such a high-quality dress. It was a bargain. --- The word bargain means...

• huge discount

• a thing bought for sale much more cheaply than is usual or expected

• thing of high quality accidentally found at a second-hand shop

Do you have these sneakers in green in stock? - I'm sorry, all the green sneakers are out of stock. --- In stock / Out of stock means...

• popular / unpopular

• available in the shop / not available in the shop

• at a discount / without a discount

I bought this old car just for 2 thousand $. It was good value for money. Good value for money means...

• the best combination of price and quality

• unexpensive

• not the best decision I've made in my life

10 dollars for a glass of tap water? That's a rip off! Rip off means...

• buying goods for more than they cost, and then regretting this decision

• good deal

• extremely overpriced item

I had ordered a TV set but it came to my house already broken. I would like to get a refund/reimbursement for it. Refund / reimbursement means...

• pay back money to a customer who is not satisfied with goods or services bought

• apology given by the company that provided serviced of bad quality

• angry Instagram post made by a dissatisfied customer

She has been doing retail therapy ever since she broke up with her boyfriend. Retail therapy means...

• buying present for your ex to make them return to you

• buy a lot of things to feel happier

• going shopping with your mental health therapist

I always try to buy things___a reasonable price

• for

• at

This is___sale

• on

• for