Meanings
plural charity shops
- UKA retail establishment run by a charitable organization in order to raise funds for its causes.
Screwing in a charity shop / On top of black bin bags / Full of donations
2025, “Tina”, in Jarvis Cocker (lyrics), More, performed by Pulp1 more example
He has carefully cultivated a non-threatening, everyone welcome public image. In 2014, he donated his entire wardrobe to charity shops. The same year, he adopted a one-month-old kitten, saving it from euthanasia, and named it Graham. Today, he runs a charity providing music lessons to under-18s in his home county of Suffolk.
2026 September 16, Mark Savage, BBCSynonyms: thrift shop
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA retail establishment run by a charitable organization in order to raise funds for its causes.
Translations
Arabic متجر خيري
- متجر خيريa shop where goods are donated
Finnish hyväntekeväisyyskauppa
- hyväntekeväisyyskauppaa shop where goods are donated
German Sozialkaufhaus, Charity-Shop
- Sozialkaufhausa shop where goods are donated
- Charity-Shopa shop where goods are donated
Hungarian adománybolt
- adománybolta shop where goods are donated
Korean 자선 가게
- 자선 가게a shop where goods are donated
Latvian labdarības veikals
- labdarības veikalsa shop where goods are donated
Polish sklep charytatywny
- sklep charytatywnya shop where goods are donated
Portuguese loja de caridade
- loja de caridadea shop where goods are donated
Russian благотворительный магазин, черитишоп
- благотворительный магазин (blagotvoritelʹnyj magazin)a shop where goods are donated
- черитишоп (čeritišop)a shop where goods are donated
Spanish tienda de caridad, tienda de ahorro
- tienda de caridada shop where goods are donated
- tienda de ahorroa shop where goods are donated
Turkish yardım mağazası
- yardım mağazasıa shop where goods are donated
Ukrainian благодійний магазин, черитішоп
- благодійний магазин (blahodijnyj mahazyn)a shop where goods are donated
- черитішоп (čerytišop)a shop where goods are donated
Vietnamese cửa hàng từ thiện
- cửa hàng từ thiệna shop where goods are donated
Cite this entry
charity shop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/charity%20shop
“charity shop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/charity%20shop. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “charity shop,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/charity%20shop.
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