shopping

[ shop-ing ]

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noun

the act of a person who shops.
the facilities or merchandise available to those who shop: Chicago has good shopping.

adjective

of, for, or pertaining to examining and buying merchandise: a shopping trip.

Origin of shopping

First recorded in 1755–65; shop + -ing¹, -ing²

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How to use shopping in a sentence

The last shoppings for aunts, cousins, and little folks were to be done by us all.
Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe Compiled from Her Letters and Journals | Charles Edward Stowe
And then I must do my little shoppings or Withers will scold me—Withers is so severe with me, keeps me in such order!
Miss Mapp | Edward Frederic Benson

British Dictionary definitions for shopping

shopping

/ (ˈʃɒpɪŋ) /

noun

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

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