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one-stop en · ADJ

Etymology

Generalization of one-stop shop.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Describing a service operation at which all of a customer's needs may be satisfied without visiting another.
   • Features like storefronts for brands could be understood as attempts by TikTok to catch up to Instagram’s own recent attempts at becoming a one-stop shopping destination. 2021 October 2, John Herrman, “Will TikTok Make You Buy It?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2022:
   • a one-stop home design center
   • At a local microlevel 'one-stop' or 'one-window' service delivery arrangements have proved popular. 2004, Christopher Pollitt with Geert Bouckaert, Public Management Reform: A Comparative Analysis, page 85:

Relateds

one-window

one-stop en · NOUN

Etymology

Generalization of one-stop shop.

Meanings

1. A wholesaler serving the music industry.
   • Independent R&B music retailers around the country are banding together into coalitions, seeking to create the buying power of a chain and get increased attention and service from labels and one-stops. 1994, Billboard, volume 106, number 22, page 45:

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