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Grocery

//ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Retail foodstuffs and other household supplies. attributive

    "1776: Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations Where ten thousand pounds can be employed in the grocery trade, the wages of the grocer's labour make but a very trifling addition..."

  2. 2
    (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer wordnet
  3. 3
    A shop or store that sells groceries; a grocery store.

    "1854: Henry David Thoreau, Walden I observed that the vitals of the village were the grocery, the bar-room, the post-office, and the bank..."

  4. 4
    a marketplace where groceries are sold wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To go grocery shopping. intransitive

    "We shopped and groceried on a cash basis, determined on that from the start."

  2. 2
    To furnish with groceries. transitive

    "Fifty-eight years of grocerying hotels, restaurants and institutions that feed many people"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceria.

Etymology 2

From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceria.

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