one-stop

adjective

ˈwən-ˈstäp How to pronounce one-stop (audio)
: providing or offering a comprehensive range of goods or services at one location
also : provided or offered at such a location
one-stop shopping

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The platform, which is now in beta, aims to give its users a one-stop shop to create games and publish them for mobile and web platforms, with support for TVs and Steam coming soon, and monetize them. — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026 Her dream home, then, should operate as a kind of one-stop shop for her and her family, which is what sold her on the secluded 130-acre property south of Nashville. — Matt Goulet, Architectural Digest, 25 Aug. 2026 The shop buildings were designed to serve as a one-stop area where everything needed for trains could be built. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026 The Market aims to become an official market in Toronto to go beyond film content to serve as a one-stop shop for buying and selling television, gaming and immersive formats. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for one-stop

Word History

First Known Use

1933, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of one-stop was in 1933

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“One-stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one-stop. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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