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shopsteader en · NOUN

Etymology

From shopstead + -er.

Meanings

1. An entrepreneur who buys and renovates an abandoned shop as part of a shopsteading program.
   • Cut—and—cover construction will not extend to the area in front of the shopsteaders' businesses. 1987, Baltimore Northeast Corridor Alternative Transit Improvements:
   • But Joseph Fuccl, a shopsteader who put $30,000 into a new pizza parlor, has no regrets. 1979 November 30, The Cincinnati Enquirer, page 82:
   • Shortly after settlement, the shopsteaders must begin improving the property. 2010, Edward J. Blakely, Nancey Green Leigh, Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practice, →ISBN:

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