shopping

American  

[shop-ing] / ˈʃɒp ɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of a person who shops.

2. the facilities or merchandise available to those who shop.

   Chicago has good shopping.

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adjective

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

   a shopping trip.

shopping British  

/ ˈʃɒpɪŋ /

noun

1. a number or collection of articles purchased

2. the act or an instance of making purchases

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Etymology

Origin of shopping

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

Example Sentences

You have to visit Casino Square—walk around, explore the shopping and have lunch at Café de Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal

Elders in wheelchairs sit in the sun beside decommissioned shopping malls, whose main purpose seems to be to hold adult daycare centers for senior citizens.

From Los Angeles Times

The pupil told the panel he had messaged shortly before her 18th birthday to wish her a happy Easter and talk about money, college and shopping.

From BBC

Amazon aims to keep the shopping process within its site to maximize ad revenue, which totaled $68 billion last year, and to maintain customer relationships.

From The Wall Street Journal

And Nina Turner, another of the activists who led the boycott, said she wasn’t going to start shopping there again unless the company publicly apologizes.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• browsing
• e-commerce
• spending