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one-stop

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Etymology

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Generalization of one-stop shop.

Adjective

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one-stop (not comparable)

  1. (management) Describing a service operation at which all of a customer's needs may be satisfied without visiting another.
    • 2004, Christopher Pollitt with Geert Bouckaert, Public Management Reform: A Comparative Analysis, page 85:
      At a local microlevel 'one-stop' or 'one-window' service delivery arrangements have proved popular.
    • 2021 October 2, John Herrman, “Will TikTok Make You Buy It?”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
      Features like storefronts for brands could be understood as attempts by TikTok to catch up to Instagram’s own recent attempts at becoming a one-stop shopping destination.

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Noun

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one-stop (plural one-stops)

  1. A wholesaler serving the music industry.
    • 1994, Billboard, volume 106, number 22, page 45:
      Independent R&B music retailers around the country are banding together into coalitions, seeking to create the buying power of a chain and get increased attention and service from labels and one-stops.

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