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
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In a video posted on Sunday (Aug. 11), the one-year-old speedily crawls across the floor, pushing a miniature Target shopping cart in an adorable cameo during one of her Fenty promo posts.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2024
But the catharsis of mowing through a crowd of zombies with a potted plant, a park bench, or a shopping cart will always outweigh the cons for me.
—PCMAG, 13 Aug. 2024
He's surrounded by his toys, one of which is a small Target shopping cart.
—Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2024
Another video showed two people rolling the shopping cart down the block on Rogers Place at 12:16 a.m. Monday — about two hours before the remains were discovered burning in Yonkers.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2024
But the catharsis of mowing through a crowd of zombies with a potted plant, a park bench, or a shopping cart will always outweigh the cons for me.
—PCMAG, 13 Aug. 2024
He's surrounded by his toys, one of which is a small Target shopping cart.
—Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2024
Another video showed two people rolling the shopping cart down the block on Rogers Place at 12:16 a.m. Monday — about two hours before the remains were discovered burning in Yonkers.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2024
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“Shopping cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20cart. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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