shopping cart
noun
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: 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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Frictionlessness, generally speaking, is the design ethos that whisks a user seamlessly from Instagram ad to online shopping cart; from Word document to AI chatbot; from drawing pad to image generator.
—Theo Belci, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
When an employee attempted to stop the men, Beard-Beltran allegedly pushed the shopping cart out of his grasp, pulled a large knife from his waistband and slammed the blade down on the cart, according to police.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
Some of the most popular colors and styles are selling fast, so take a look at our favorite picks below and add them to your shopping cart before they’re gone.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
Next to him was parked a shopping cart containing two enormous trash bags filled with plastic bottles for recycling.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 28 Jan. 2026
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Theo Belci, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
When an employee attempted to stop the men, Beard-Beltran allegedly pushed the shopping cart out of his grasp, pulled a large knife from his waistband and slammed the blade down on the cart, according to police.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
Some of the most popular colors and styles are selling fast, so take a look at our favorite picks below and add them to your shopping cart before they’re gone.
—Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2026
Next to him was parked a shopping cart containing two enormous trash bags filled with plastic bottles for recycling.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Shopping cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20cart. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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