noun phrase · neutral
in-store purchase
UK/ɪnˈstɔː ˈpɜːtʃəs/US/ɪnˈstɔːr ˈpɝːtʃəs/in·STORE PUR·chase
Band 7+speakingtask2
a purchase made at a physical shop rather than online
Examples
“In-store purchases are often eligible for immediate returns.”
“This coupon applies only to in-store purchases.”
“We tracked in-store purchases and online orders separately.”
Band 8 sentence
“Retailers now analyse in-store purchases alongside online data to understand changing consumer behaviour.”
Collocations
- in-store purchase only
- in-store purchases are eligible for
- make an in-store purchase
Word family
in-store adjectivepurchase noun / verbin-store buying noun phrase
Common mistakes
in store purchase→in-store purchase
store purchase→in-store purchase
Say it for a higher band
5buy in shop→6purchase in store→7+in-store purchase
Synonyms
brick-and-mortar purchase
Easily confused
online purchase
“I made the purchase online because the item was cheaper than the in-store option.”
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