shopstead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To buy and renovate abandoned shop facilities that are offered for sale inexpensively as part of an urban renewal policy.
noun
  1. A commercial building that has been or is being renovated as part of a shopsteading program.

Word forms

shopstead shopsteads shopsteading shopsteaded

Etymology

Blend of shop + homestead.

Derived words

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