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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Baby left in shopping cart in 1972 reunites with women who found her.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

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

But those considering adding stocks to their shopping cart on Black Friday may want to pause.

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

There was a lady with a bunch of plastic flamingos sticking out of a shopping cart.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan

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