Shopping Vocabulary

advertisement - reklama, inzerát

noun - information in the newspapers or TV etc. that tries to persuade people to buy a product, use a service etc.

bargain - výhodná koupě

noun - a thing that you buy at a lower price than usual

bunch - trs, hrozen, svazek

noun - a number of things fastened together (e.g. flowers, grapes, keys etc.)

cash desk - pokladna (v obchodě)

noun - the place in a shop where you pay for what you have bought

costs - náklady, výlohy

noun - the amount of money that has to be paid for something

customer - zákazník

noun - a person who goes to a shop to buy things

deliver - doručit, dodat

verb - to take something to somebody, usually something that has been sent or ordered

department store - obchodní dům

noun - a large shop (usually with many floors) where you can buy almost anything

discount - sleva

noun - a price that is lower than usual

expense - výdaj, náklad

noun - the money you give away for something, the cost of something (in money)

mall - obchodní centrum, obchodní středisko, nákupní centrum, nákupní středisko

noun - a carefully designed complex of shops, restaurants, including a parking area etc.

merchandise - zboží (prodávané)

noun - the goods that are offered for sale

order ^*1 - objednat si, objednat

verb - to ask a waiter for a certain food or drink, to ask a supplier to send you certain goods etc.

pack - balík, balení, sada

noun - a number of things put together

pay ^*2 - platit, zaplatit

verb - to give money for something

payment - platba, splátka

noun - an amount of money paid

price ^*3 - cena

noun - the money that has to be paid for something, the value

purchase - koupě

noun, formal - something you have bought; the act of buying something

queue - fronta, řada lidí

noun - people standing in a line, usually waiting something

reduction - redukce, snížení, zmenšení

noun - the act of making something lower or smaller

sale - výprodej

noun - an event when a shop is selling its goods at lower prices

sell ^*4 - prodat, prodávat

verb - to give something to somebody for money

serve - obsluhovat

verb - (in a shop) to help customers, to give them goods etc.

shopper - nakupující, zákazník

noun - a person who goes to a shop to buy things

spend ^*5 - utratit (peníze)

verb - to give money to pay for something

stock - skladové zásoby, skladované zboží, zboží na skladě

noun - the goods that are stored in a shop ready to be sold

wrap - zabalit, balit (např. dárek)

verb - to cover from all sides with paper etc.