Meaning of veikals | Babel Free

Definitions

1. shop, store (a commercial enterprise; its specific location, where goods are sold)
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2. commercial or financial activity, transaction
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Equivalents

Examples

“maizes veikals”

bread store (= bakery)

“grāmatu veikals”

bookstore

“dāvanu veikals”

gift shop

“pārtikas veikals”

foodstuff (= grocery) store

“pašapkalpošanās veikals”

self-service shop

“veikala skatlogs”

shop window

“veikala īpašnieks”

shopkeeper (lit. shop owner)

“veikala vadītājs”

shop manager

“iepirkties veikalā”

to shop at a store

“es aizgāju uz veikalu, kas atradās blakus kantorim”

I went to the shop that was next to the office

“izdevīgs veikals”

profitable transaction, deal

“taisīt labu veikalu”

to make a good deal

“arī šādu veikalu Nagainis uzskatīja par izdevīgu”

also such a deal Nagainis considered profitable

“blakus zemkopībai Slaucējs nodevās arī, lai gan reti, ar naudas veikaliem un nekaunējās ņemt desmit, divpadsmit un pat vairāk rubļu no simta”

besides farming, Slaucējs also, albeit rarely, indulged in financial activities (= lending money), and was not ashamed of taking ten, twelve or even more rubles to every hundred

CEFR level