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shoplifting |
shoplike |
shopmaid |
shopman |
shopper |
shopping
| shopping bag
| shopping basket
| shopping cart
| shopping center
| shopping centre
shopping (root: shop)
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shopping has 2 senses
- shopping(n = noun.act) Array - searching for or buying goods or services; "went shopping for a reliable plumber"; "does her shopping at the mall rather than down town" is a kind of buying, purchasing
- shopping(n = noun.artifact) Array - the commodities purchased from stores; "she loaded her shopping into the car"; "women carrying home shopping didn't give me a second glance" is a kind of commodity, good, trade good
has particulars: marketing
Derived forms verb shop1, verb shop3
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shopping, n.
1 (often attrib.) the purchase of goods etc. (shopping expedition).
2 goods purchased (put the shopping on the table).
1 (often attrib.) the purchase of goods etc. (shopping expedition).
2 goods purchased (put the shopping on the table).
Idiom
shopping centre an area or complex of shops, with associated facilities.
THESAURUS
shopping
buy, buying, buying power, buying up, catalog buying, coemption, consumer power, consumer sovereignty, consumerism, cornering, emption, hire purchase, impulse buying, installment buying, mail-order buying, marketing, money illusion, purchase, purchasing, purchasing power, rebuying, repurchase, shopping spree, window-shoppingROGET THESAURUS
shopping
Barter
N barter, exchange, scorse, truck system, interchange, a Roland for an Oliver, quid pro quo, commutation, composition, Indian gift, trade, commerce, mercature, buying and selling, bargain and sale, traffic, business, nundination, custom, shopping, commercial enterprise, speculation, jobbing, stockjobbing, agiotage, brokery, deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain, free trade, commercial, mercantile, trading, interchangeable, marketable, staple, in the market, for sale, wholesale, retail, across the counter, cambio non e furto.Purchase
N purchase, emption, buying, purchasing, shopping, preemption, refusal, coemption, bribery, slave trade, buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee, patron, employer, client, customer, clientele, purchased, caveat emptor, the customer is always right.
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