shopping list

noun

: a list of items to be purchased
broadly : a list of related items
the biggest possible shopping list of budget cuts Leonard Silk

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Last October, Ann Watson strolled into her local Costco with a shopping list and a sense of purpose. Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025 Best Early Prime Day Toy Deals The holidays are only a few months away, so get a head start on your shopping list. Katrina Cossey, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025 Sharpen your pencils and take notes Draft a shopping list–and stick to it! Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025 Having to walk past 40,000+ items to select the twenty or so items consumers have on their shopping list is just ridiculous; and helped fuel the growth of online grocery shopping. Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shopping list

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shopping list was in 1852

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“Shopping list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20list. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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