shopping cart

American

noun

a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.

shopping cart British

noun

the usual US and Canadian word for shopping basket

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Etymology

Origin of shopping cart

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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He walked over to an empty shopping cart and strained to flip it over onto its side.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

Anastasiia Samofal, a 27-year-old translator from the second floor, taped her 22-pound power bank to an old shopping cart to haul it to the tent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Users can then open their shopping cart in the DoorDash app and wrap up the purchase from a store there.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025

The woman who confronted her was completely outraged, banging her shopping cart into her and saying, “What a what a thing to wear to Ralphs.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

It moved on tank treads and had what looked like a shopping cart attached to its front.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

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