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mystery shop en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. An instance of mystery shopping; a visit to a business as a mystery shopper.
    • The best-scheduled day could start with a mystery shop at a local fast-food restaurant (breakfast paid for and one to go) followed by a service station shop ($5 in gas). 2011, Judith Adkins-Spears, Jump-Start Your Merchandising Career:
    • Part of our work can be doing a mystery shop. This entails going along to shops, banks, or even the passport office, and pretending to be a customers or a potential customer. 2010, Shelley Dekker, I'm a Street Girl Now, page 140:
    • Immediately following the mystery shop, the independent contracter will fill out a static questionnaire that records respective levels of disclosure, customer service and sales effectiveness. 1994, United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging, Uninsured Bank Products: Risky Business for Seniors?:

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mystery shops Number=Plur lexicographic

mystery shop en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive) To work as a mystery shopper; to pose as a customer or client in order to evaluate a business.
    • However, if your budget is too tight to afford these services, then you might want to consider enlisting a friend or family member to mystery shop for you. 2007, James Stephenson, Ultimate Small Business Marketing Guide:
    • One of my favorite ways to improve a business is to mystery shop. 2017, Mike Agugliaro, The Secrets of Business Mastery:
    • Every imaginable type of business is mystery shopped. 2009, PamInCa, The Essential Guide to Mystery Shopping, page 10:
    • Don't assume that because you have been mystery shopping for a while, or because you have mystery shopped for the same company or client before, that you know what to do. 2004, Cathy Stucker, The Mystery Shopper's Manual:

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mystery shopped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
mystery shopped Tense=Past lexicographic
mystery shops Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
mystery shopping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic