Shopping and Lifestyle Vocabulary

Vocabulary terms and definitions related to retail, shopping habits, and adult life based on the lecture notes.

boutique

a shop, especially a small one selling fashionable clothes

brand

a particular product or products with a trade name or trademark

complain

to say that you are not satisfied with something

department store

a large shop divided into different parts that each sell different things

discount

a reduction in the usual price of something

eat out

to eat away from home, especially in restaurant

grocery shopping

shopping for food

household goods

the things you use in your house

mature adult

an old person, used as a way of avoiding saying the word "old"

on the spur of the moment

If you do something on the spur of the moment, you suddenly decide to do it and do not plan it.