shopping

[ shop-ing ]

noun

1. the act of a person who shops.
2. the facilities or merchandise available to those who shop:

   Chicago has good shopping.

adjective

1. of, for, or pertaining to examining and buying merchandise:

   a shopping trip.

shopping

/ ˈʃɒpɪŋ /

noun

1. a number or collection of articles purchased
2. the act or an instance of making purchases

Word History and Origins

Origin of shopping¹

First recorded in 1755–65; shop + -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

Last month, CNN’s shopping vertical Underscored also launched its first seven-part Sleep But Better newsletter series that offers readers advice for, as the name suggests, sleeping more soundly.

From Digiday

New York Magazine’s shopping site, The Strategist, saw an 85% year-over-year increase in revenue during the second quarter.

From Digiday

Some experts say the lack of increments is not a big issue as people are saving money on commutes as they work from home, and spending on eateries, cinema halls, and shopping malls have been cut.

From Quartz

It’s a shopping platform with in-app purchasing capabilities.

From Digiday

The New York Times’ commerce site, Wirecutter, previously tested its own version of a day-long shopping event with its Wirecutter Deal Day.

From Digiday

Today, the city is an Asian hipster outpost, with shopping malls, clothing boutiques, and mixologist-prepared cocktails.

From The Daily Beast

The woman in question, meanwhile, has business of her own to take care of—she is reported to be shopping a memoir.

From The Daily Beast

While grocery shopping a guy I had noticed following me earlier, walked by me really fast and said, ‘You look shorter in person.’

From The Daily Beast

She appeared to be just a happy American consumer out shopping at a big-box store.

From The Daily Beast

Gift cards are sold at kiosks in shopping malls or even websites that catering to this exchange market.

From The Daily Beast

Do the necessary shopping for your friend, and relieve her of as much family care as you can.

From Project Gutenberg

Politeness is very essential to the right transaction of that great business of woman's life, shopping.

From Project Gutenberg

The French women now appear in simple attire and are limiting their shopping to the few things they need.

From Project Gutenberg

If I were a woman and wanted to win a man, I should make him take me shopping when he needed new towels!

From Project Gutenberg

Your average woman shopping is the epitome of irresolution, or so it seems to the man.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• browsing
• e-commerce
• spending