Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to or providing a comprehensive selection of goods or services at a single location.
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- adjective management Describing a service operation at which all of a customer's needs may be satisfied without visiting another.
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Examples
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KPMG will combine the Onesource purchase with its own indirect-tax business to offer what the firm called a "one-stop shop" for indirect-tax compliance and advisory services.
KPMG Buys Thomson Reuters Tax Unit Michael Rapoport 2012
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He describes an idea to build a “Web site with a biblical basis” that will be a “one-stop shop for people who want to talk intelligently about life issues,” which seem to include everything from eugenics to euthanasia to abortion.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Some successful reforms have included the introduction of one-stop border posts that harmonise immigration procedures, reduce transaction costs and duplication of efforts, enhance border security and increase revenue.
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Will it be possible to get a one-stop read on our risks for everything from breast cancer to lung function and cardiovascular health?
Tanya Abreu: The Future Of Breast Centers In The U.S. Tanya Abreu 2011
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This latest store from Kors is home to his entire collection - a one-stop shop for the entire fashionable family!
Faith Hope Consolo: The Faithful Shopper: March Madness Faith Hope Consolo 2011
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The treatment center was designed to be a one-stop shop for all things—research, treatment, parent education—relating to alternative ways of thinking about autism.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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Will it be possible to get a one-stop read on our risks for everything from breast cancer to lung function and cardiovascular health?
Tanya Abreu: The Future Of Breast Centers In The U.S. Tanya Abreu 2011
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And for consumers, it paves the way for financial supermarkets, which will be able to offer one-stop shopping for an array of services, all under one roof.
Think Progress » Chuck Todd: ‘The Tea Party gets a big benefit’ from Fox News’ promotion. 2010
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(If you have links to any briefs filed on the other side of the issue, email them to me or link them in the comment thread for one-stop shopping.)
The Volokh Conspiracy » Recess Appointments to Art. III Courts, 1789–2004 2010
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“People want one-stop shopping, so they look to funeral directors for that kind of help,” explained Koth.
The Truth About Grief Ruth Davis Konigsberg 2011
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