shopping cart
noun
1
: a metal or plastic cart with four small wheels that is used for holding merchandise when shopping (as at a supermarket or department store)
… about the only amenities besides the jumbo-sized shopping carts are a few flatbed dollies to allow shoppers to get large appliances like refrigerators and washing machines to the cash register and then out to the parking lot.—
Jean Crichton
Jean Crichton2
: a temporary record of items selected for eventual purchase from an online vendor's website
To set up shop on the Internet, you need a commerce-enabled Web site, which includes the electronic shopping cart; a connection to the credit card network; and finally, a merchant account …—Tom Negrino
Tom NegrinoDelivery charges are the No. 1 reason shoppers abandon a virtual shopping cart, according to Jupiter Media Metrix. Every Internet shopper has a shipping-charge horror story.—Ellen Neuborn
Ellen NeubornExamples of shopping cart in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
With nearly a thousand likes and now finally on sale, this is a no-brainer for my shopping cart this season.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2024
The shoots of spring’s entangling undergrowth are emerging from the muck, all around the tents and discarded bicycles and shopping carts and needles and debris.
—Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024
Shoppers can use Wayfair purple shopping carts during their customer experience.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2024
Tents, makeshift structures and shopping carts have sprung up in parks, arroyos, ditches and empty lots and on sidewalks.
—Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 16 May 2024
At some point, the woman left the store and got into a taxi, leaving the child behind in the shopping cart.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
Other tips for resisting the temptation to add goods to your shopping cart in hopes of saving money or earning a reward:
Stick to your list.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 10 May 2024
As dawn broke, two people stood in Balboa Park around a shopping cart piled with bags.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Officers believe the pedestrian was pushing a shopping cart while walking in or near the northbound lane of Bardstown Road, Sanders said.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 31 Mar. 2024
Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2024
The shoots of spring’s entangling undergrowth are emerging from the muck, all around the tents and discarded bicycles and shopping carts and needles and debris.
—Photographs Todd Heisler, New York Times, 19 May 2024
Shoppers can use Wayfair purple shopping carts during their customer experience.
—Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2024
Tents, makeshift structures and shopping carts have sprung up in parks, arroyos, ditches and empty lots and on sidewalks.
—Nicole Santa Cruz, ProPublica, 16 May 2024
At some point, the woman left the store and got into a taxi, leaving the child behind in the shopping cart.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
Other tips for resisting the temptation to add goods to your shopping cart in hopes of saving money or earning a reward:
Stick to your list.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 10 May 2024
As dawn broke, two people stood in Balboa Park around a shopping cart piled with bags.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
Officers believe the pedestrian was pushing a shopping cart while walking in or near the northbound lane of Bardstown Road, Sanders said.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 31 Mar. 2024
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“Shopping cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20cart. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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