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Tuongvan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

one-stop shop

0Dear teachers,02br
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00Please help me understand the phrases in bold below.I have consulted many dictionaries , buy can't understang the their respective meanings.02br
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00a/We are 01b00a one- stop shop for02b00 all your travel needs02br
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00b/The company provides simple 01b00one- stop shopping02b00 for customers .02br
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00c/They want 01b00one- stop shopping:02b00information they know to be accurate and advice they can trust.02br
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00d/ The government is implement 01b00a one-stop shop policy02b00 on business registration ( Can"01b00a one-stop shop policy"02b00 here be used interchangeably with "01b00a one-door policy"?02b00 )02br
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00Thank you in advance0-
  

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0 It means you can do all of the things you need to do in one place. 02br 02br 00For example, your travel needs may include plane reservations, hotel booking, maps, travellers' checks, perhaps a new piece of luggage. 02br 02br 00It's a fixed expression, so don't try to change it to somethign like "one-door policy" (which is one I've never heard before).

— BarbaraPA

  • 0 It means you can do all of the things you need to do in one place.
  • 02br 02br 00For example, your travel needs may include plane reservations, hotel booking, maps, travellers' checks, perhaps a new piece of luggage.
  • 02br 02br 00It's a fixed expression, so don't try to change it to somethign like "one-door policy" (which is one I've never heard before).
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0 It means you can do all of the things you need to do in one place. You only have to "stop" once.02br
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00For example, your travel needs may include plane reservations, hotel booking, maps, travellers' checks, perhaps a new piece of luggage. If you can get all of those things in once place (like you can at AAA) it's one-stop shopping.02br
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0Thank you Grammar Geek , but I notice that sometimes they use one-stop shop and sometimes one-stop only .Is there any difference between them ?02br
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00Best wishes0-
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0 When you come across 'one-stop', no matter what form, it most likely means exactly what GG has told you. 0-
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