| Vocabulary |
Vietnamese means |
Explanation |
Example |
| (Some) Change |
Đổi tiền |
Money exchange. |
Have you got change to pay the swimming pool? |
| A banknote/a note/a bill |
Hóa đơn giấy |
Paper money. |
How many banknotes have you got? |
| A bargain |
sự mặc cả |
A good deal. |
That’s a real bargain. |
| A bid |
đồ đấu giá |
An offer in an auction. |
What bids did you make? |
| A bill |
Hóa đơn chứng thực |
An invoice. |
I need the bill to be refunded. |
| A billboard |
bảng/biển quảng cáo |
A large panel for advertising. |
The billboards are huge. |
| A brand |
Thương hiệu |
A trademark. |
Children love brands nowadays. |
| A carrier bag |
Túi mua đồ bằng nhựa |
A bag (usually plastic) supplied by shops. |
Carrier bags are always provided. |
| A cashier |
Thu ngân |
A person who operates cash register. |
The cashier is so nice. |
| A catchphrase/a motto |
slogan |
A repeated phrase, slogan. |
Do you know the brand’s catchphrase? |
| A chain |
chuỗi |
A company with branches. |
I usually shop in chains. |
| A changing room/cloakroom//fitting room |
phòng thử đồ |
A booth for trying on clothes. |
Where are the fitting rooms? |
| A charge/to charge |
Hỏi tiền |
A fee/To ask for money. |
How much do you charge for this? |
| A check/cheque |
Xếp hàng |
An order for bank to pay. |
I usually pay the doctor by check. |
| A client/customer |
Khách hàng |
Someone who buys products. |
Clients should always be satisfied with what you sell. |
| A coin |
Đồng xu |
Metal money. |
How many coins have you got? |
| A consumer |
Người mua hàng |
Someone who consumes, who buys. |
How many customers will you target? |
| A corner shop |
Shop nhỏ |
A small, local shop that sells a little of everything – it needn’t be on a corner. |
He loves shopping in the corner shop. |
| A cost/to cost |
Giá tiền |
A price. |
The cost of the product is too high. |
| A counter |
Quầy thanh toán |
A flat, elevated surface. |
Meet me at the counter. |
| A coupon |
Thẻ/mã giảm giá |
A discount voucher. |
We love using coupons when we shop. |
| A deal |
Một giao dịch |
A transaction. |
They got such a good deal yesterday. |
| A delivery/to deliver |
chuyển phát hàng |
An act of delivering. |
The delivery was done on time. |
| A department |
Ban, trụ sở |
A division of organization. |
Which department do you work for? |
| A department store |
của hàng phức hợp |
A large store that sells a range of items in different departments such as food and clothing. |
Department stores are heaven. |
| A design |
Thiết kế |
A pattern, a styling. |
He loves the new design of the product. |
| A discount store/pound shop |
cửa hàng đồ khuyến mãi |
A shop where all the goods are sold at a discount. |
My parents love going to discount stores. |
| A discount/to discount = “ ” % off |
Giảm giá (Verb) |
A reduced price/to deduct from price. |
They got a very good discount today. |
| A flea market |
Chợ đen |
A market where antiques and second hand goods are sold. |
It is so different to shop at the flea market. |
| A franchise |
Nhượng quyền |
A business with a commercial licence. |
Franchises are fun to shop in. |
| A fur trader |
Người buôn bán lông thú |
Person who deals in animal-fur products. |
The fur trader did an excellent job with my coat. |
| A gift/present |
Món quà |
Something you give to make the other person happy. |
I love the gift he offered me. |
| A guarantee |
Sự bảo đảm |
A promise. |
How long does the guarantee last? |
| A leaflet |
Tờ rơi |
A brochure. |
Have you seen the company’s leaflet? |
| A loyalty card |
Thẻ thành viên |
a card issued by a shop to allow customers to save money on the basis of what they spend. |
She has all the loyalty cards of her favorite shops. |
| A mall (US)/shopping centre (GB) |
Khu trung tâm mua sắm |
Place where many shops are gathered. |
I love shopping in malls. |
| A market study |
Phân tích thị trường |
a study that analyzes market demand for a particular product or service. |
Market studies are capital in advertising. |
| A must-have product |
Sản phẩm thiết yếu, cần phải có |
A product that is very popular that a lot of people want to have. |
This bag is a must-have product. |
| A poll |
Khảo sát |
A survey. |
According to the poll, more and more clients shop there. |
| A purchase/To purchase |
Mua sắm = buy |
Something you buy/To buy. |
What is this purchase I can see on your account? |
| A receipt |
Hóa đơn |
A proof of payment. |
Did you get the receipt? |
| A retail park |
Chợ bán lẻ |
An area normally on the outskirts of a town/city with several large retail outlets. |
We love going to retail parks at the weekend. |
| A retailer |
Người bán lẻ |
Someone who sells goods to ultimate consumers, usually in small quantities. |
The retailer does good prices. |
| A rip-off |
Một giao dịch xấu |
A cheat, a con. |
He was disappointed as this was a real rip-off! |
| A sample |
Mẫu |
A representative piece, specimen. |
CanI get a sample to try it before buying it? |
| A shelf |
Kệ |
A flat storage space. |
The shelf is full of books. |
| A shop assistant |
Nhân viên hỗ trợ khách hàng |
The person who serves customers. |
The shop assistant was extremely helpful. |
| A shopping basket |
Túi/giỏ mua hàng |
A container for your purchases. |
She nicely gave me a shopping basket. |
| A shopping channel |
Kênh mua sắm |
A television channel that is dedicated to promoting sales. |
They love watching the shopping channel. |
| A storage room |
Phòng kho |
Place where to stock things. |
Where is the storage room? |
| A supply/to supply |
cung ứng |
A stock/To provide. |
There is no more supply. |
| A target/to target |
Mục tiêu |
An objective/to aim. |
Who is your main target? |
| A turnover |
Doanh số, doanh thu |
Revenues of business. |
What was your turnover last year? |
| A wedge |
Cái nêm |
A V-shaped block. |
The wedge under the door is efficient. |
| A wholesaler |
Người bán buôn |
Someone who sells goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale. |
The wholesaler sales in bulk. |
| Affordable |
có thể chi trả/ giá cả phải chăng |
You have enough money to buy it |
This item is affordable so I’ll buy it. |
| An amount |
Một lượng |
A quantity, a total, a sum. |
What is the amount of products you bought? |
| An appliance |
Thiết bị |
A device, piece of equipment. |
The electronic appliance I have broke down. |
| An auction |
Phiên đấu giá |
A sale with bids. |
Auctions are quite exhiliarating. |
| An item |
Một món đồ |
A shopping unit. |
How many items are you going to buy? |
| An offer/to offer |
đề nghị giá |
A proposal/to propose to give. |
What offers can you make? |
| Big brand names |
Thương hiệu lớn |
Large well-known companies or product names. |
They are fans of big brand names. |
| Flooding the market |
Chợ nổi |
An excess amount of inventory for sale causes an undesired drop in price for the product, in extreme cases making the products impossible to sell at any price. |
Spinners are flooding the market. |
| High street names |
Thương hiệu nổi tiếng |
Well-known shops. |
She fancies shopping in high street names. |
| Mink fur |
Lông thú |
Hair of a small furry mammal. |
Mink fur is my favorite. |
| Opening hours |
Giờ mở cửa |
When the shop is open. |
What are your opening hours? |
| Pricey |
đắt đỏ |
Expensive |
This is too pricey for my budget. |
| Second-hand |
Hàng dùng lại |
Previously owned. |
Second-hand shops are affordable. |
| To be a shopaholic |
Người thích/nghiện mua sắm |
To be addicted to shopping. |
She is such a shopaholic. |
| To be on a tight budget |
tài chính có hạn |
To have a limited amount of money to spend. |
We are on a tight budget this month. |
| To browse |
Tìm đồ |
To look for goods in shop before you buy. |
Let’s browse before buying anything. |
| To catch the eye |
thu hút sự chú ý |
To get someone’s attention, especially by looking at them. |
It directly caught my eye. |
| To cost an arm and a leg |
Rất đắt đỏ |
Very expensive. |
I won’t buy it as it costs an arm and a leg. |
| To deceive |
Thất vọng ( verb) |
To disappoint. |
We were so deceived by the quality of the product. |
| To do the grocery shopping |
mua thực phẩm tại cửa hàng tiện lợi |
Technically to buy fruit and vegetables, but normally used to mean to buy food and drinks for the household. |
We do the grocery shopping every week. |
| To get into debt |
Nợ |
To owe money. |
He got into debt last month. |
| To give someone the hard sell |
bắt ai đó phải mua cái gì |
To put pressure on someone to buy something. |
They gave him the hard sell but it didn’t work. |
| To go on a shopping spree |
mua lại đồ bị mất |
To go shopping and buys lots of items that you may not be able to afford. |
How about going on a shopping spree? |
| To indulge in some retail therapy |
mua sắm với mục đích làm dễ chịu hơn |
To go shopping to make yourself feel better. |
She decided to indulge in some retail therapy. |
| To nip to |
đi đến đâu đó thật nhanh |
To go somewhere quickly. |
We’ve nipped to stores. |
| To pick up a bargain |
Mặc cả |
To buy something much cheaper than the normal price. |
I’m so proud as I picked up a bargain yesterday. |
| To refund |
Hoàn tiền |
To reimburse. |
She was refunded last month. |
| To return |
Trả hàng |
To give back. |
Can I return the item I bought yesterday? |
| To run up a credit card bill |
Thanh toán qua thẻ ghi nợ |
To owe money on a credit card. |
He runs up a credit card bill. |
| To shop around |
Tìm kiếm nhiều hàng khác nhau để có được giá tốt nhất |
To try different shops to find the best deal. |
Let’s shop around and make up our mind then |
| Garage Sales |
Bán hàng thừa |
when people sell their old clothes, furniture and other items in front of their houses—in their yards or garages. |
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