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

2

: 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

Delivery 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

Examples of shopping cart in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Be sure to map out a game plan of your site and sun conditions before adding any bulbs to your shopping cart. —Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 3 Oct. 2024

When using ZIP codes from restricted jurisdictions, the site wouldn't allow the gun to be placed in the online shopping cart and a notification popped up alerting users the purchase was not allowed in that state. —Cait Bladt, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024

From innovative tech finds that simplify your daily routine to products to treat yourself, this list is a perfect way to get your shopping cart started. —Jessica Copeland, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2024

The site at 1157 E. Taylor St. has faced its share of difficulties, as homeless residents previously set up camps there in squalid conditions, leaving trash, shopping carts and human excrement. —Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined at sense 1