shopping /; AmE / noun [U]

HOME SHOPPING, WINDOW-SHOPPING

1

the activity of going to shops/stores and buying things:

to go shopping

to go on a shopping trip

◆ (BrE) to do the/your shopping

This is the busiest shopping period of the year.

Click on the link to change or delete an item from your shopping cart.

Retailers had a disappointing holiday shopping season.

a shopping bag/basket/cart/trolley catalogue/Internet/online shopping

◆ a shopping expedition/spree/trip

2 (especially BrE)

the things that you have bought from shops/stores:

to put your shopping away

• toll
• toll-free
• tolling agreement
• ton
• tone
• tone dialling
• tonnage
• tonne
• tool
• toolbar
• tooling
• toolmaker
• tool shop
• top
• top brass
• top dog
• top dollar
• top-down
• top-end
• top flight
• top-grossing
• top-heavy
• top-level
• top-level domain
• top line