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  1. Is it acceptable in American English to pronounce "grocery" as …

    Apr 8, 2015 · For example, pronouncing GROCERY as GRAW-SER-AY would be incorrect; which essentially sums up my argument. While it is true that a word can be pronounced "incorrectly", this …

  2. Is it common to use “grocery” as a verb? - English Language & Usage ...

    6 Grocery shop is a common collocation in which shop is used in the verb sense and grocery is a colloquially back-formed singular of the object of shopping: groceries (groceries being what one …

  3. Blanket term for things we often buy at grocery store that are not ...

    Feb 24, 2016 · I’m looking for a term to cover the kinds of things that we frequently buy at the grocery store but that are not actually groceries. The term needs to include things like: toilet paper, kitchen …

  4. I work "in a grocery store" or "at a grocery store" [duplicate]

    They are almost interchangeable, but you could convey a subtle difference in meaning. If you're trying to describe your job / what you do, you'd want to say you work "at" a grocery store. Working "in" a …

  5. A term for "Groceries, toiletries & Conveniences" everyday products

    Nov 18, 2011 · Groceries is the term you are looking for. Here in the US, the phrase grocery shopping covers every imaginable household consumable. I can go grocery shopping and end up in Walmart, …

  6. Word to call a person that works in a store

    Oct 7, 2013 · What kind of store do you mean? Dept store? Grocery store? The answer may vary. Also, many larger stores have cashiers, stockers, and salespersons.

  7. transatlantic differences - What's a word for a small rural property ...

    Mar 13, 2026 · If by any chance any of you are Portuguese speakers, I am looking for a word that would be an equivalent to the Brazilian Portuguese term chácara. In this kind of rural property, no cattle are …

  8. word choice - Can I call a cashier in a store a “clerk”? - English ...

    Dec 23, 2024 · As to the first part of your question—about cashiers—Merriam-Webster gives as its definition 3c of clerk “one who works at a sales or service counter,” and it provides the usage …

  9. Why do South Indians call restaurants 'hotels'?

    Jan 10, 2023 · Punjabi ہَٹّی • (haṭṭī), Prakrit 𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝 m (haṭṭa) means "shop, grocery store". Hotel from host- works as well (and is unrelated, surely). So, it is coincidental, yet not a sufficient answer

  10. What does "F" mean in "Mushrooms 3.94 F" of my grocery receipt?

    F on a grocery receipt generally refers to whether or not it was a food item. Food items are not usually taxable, whereas other types of items, such as general merchandise, are.