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

Examples of shopping list in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Boston Red Sox shopping list includes a first baseman such as Bell. Harvey Fialkov, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024 Buy now at Bookshop For anyone on your list Amazon When in doubt, everyone on your shopping list can make use of an Amazon gift card. Meaghan Kenny, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2023 Build a shopping list based on the above, then choose the right quantity of each item. Genevieve Ko, New York Times, 20 May 2024 Budget projections are updated and a shopping list is put together by staff and work groups. Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 10 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shopping list 

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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 15 Jun. 2024.

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