"mystery shop" meaning in English

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      "form": "mystery shopped",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Cathy Stucker, The Mystery Shopper's Manual",
          "text": "Don't assume that because you have been mystery shopping for a while, or because you have mystery shopped for the same company or client before, that you know what to do.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, James Stephenson, Ultimate Small Business Marketing Guide",
          "text": "However, if your budget is too tight to afford these services, then you might want to consider enlisting a friend or family member to mystery shop for you.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, PamInCa, The Essential Guide to Mystery Shopping, page 10",
          "text": "Every imaginable type of business is mystery shopped.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Mike Agugliaro, The Secrets of Business Mastery",
          "text": "One of my favorite ways to improve a business is to mystery shop.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To work as a mystery shopper; to pose as a customer or client in order to evaluate a business."
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          "customer",
          "customer"
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        [
          "client",
          "client"
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          "evaluate",
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          "business",
          "business"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "1994, United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging, Uninsured Bank Products: Risky Business for Seniors?",
          "text": "Immediately following the mystery shop, the independent contracter will fill out a static questionnaire that records respective levels of disclosure, customer service and sales effectiveness.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Shelley Dekker, I'm a Street Girl Now, page 140",
          "text": "Part of our work can be doing a mystery shop. This entails going along to shops, banks, or even the passport office, and pretending to be a customers or a potential customer.",
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Judith Adkins-Spears, Jump-Start Your Merchandising Career",
          "text": "The best-scheduled day could start with a mystery shop at a local fast-food restaurant (breakfast paid for and one to go) followed by a service station shop ($5 in gas).",
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        "An instance of mystery shopping; a visit to a business as a mystery shopper."
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    {
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        {
          "ref": "2004, Cathy Stucker, The Mystery Shopper's Manual",
          "text": "Don't assume that because you have been mystery shopping for a while, or because you have mystery shopped for the same company or client before, that you know what to do.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, James Stephenson, Ultimate Small Business Marketing Guide",
          "text": "However, if your budget is too tight to afford these services, then you might want to consider enlisting a friend or family member to mystery shop for you.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, PamInCa, The Essential Guide to Mystery Shopping, page 10",
          "text": "Every imaginable type of business is mystery shopped.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Mike Agugliaro, The Secrets of Business Mastery",
          "text": "One of my favorite ways to improve a business is to mystery shop.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To work as a mystery shopper; to pose as a customer or client in order to evaluate a business."
      ],
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          "pose",
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          "client",
          "client"
        ],
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          "evaluate",
          "evaluate"
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        [
          "business",
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  "word": "mystery shop"
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        {
          "ref": "1994, United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee on Aging, Uninsured Bank Products: Risky Business for Seniors?",
          "text": "Immediately following the mystery shop, the independent contracter will fill out a static questionnaire that records respective levels of disclosure, customer service and sales effectiveness.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Shelley Dekker, I'm a Street Girl Now, page 140",
          "text": "Part of our work can be doing a mystery shop. This entails going along to shops, banks, or even the passport office, and pretending to be a customers or a potential customer.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Judith Adkins-Spears, Jump-Start Your Merchandising Career",
          "text": "The best-scheduled day could start with a mystery shop at a local fast-food restaurant (breakfast paid for and one to go) followed by a service station shop ($5 in gas).",
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        }
      ],
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        "An instance of mystery shopping; a visit to a business as a mystery shopper."
      ]
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