Synonyms

teleshopping

American

[tel-uh-shop-ing] / ˈtɛl əˌʃɒp ɪŋ /

noun

electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.

teleshopping British

/ ˈtɛlɪˌʃɒpɪŋ /

noun

the purchase of goods by telephone or via the internet

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Etymology

Origin of teleshopping

First recorded in 1980–85; tele- ¹ + shopping

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teleshopping

Other channels are allowed up to nine minutes of advertising per hour of broadcasting, plus an extra three minutes for teleshopping.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2022

Sophomore Rebecca Jones analyzed teleshopping with an eye toward the future of cashless transactions, while Nikolai Mamyrin explored the cyberfrontier of his native Russia.

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