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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But those might be the second and third-worst things in the governor’s shopping list. —

Kyle Whitmire, al, 28 Mar. 2023 Pauline Doty, 74, consults her shopping list. —

Safia Samee Ali, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2023 Prefer the full shopping list? —

Jennifer Nickle, Men's Health, 5 Jan. 2023 That is, goods on the empire’s shopping list. —

Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2022 Got an auto enthusiast on your shopping list? —

Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 15 Nov. 2022 New pair of sneakers on your shopping list? —

Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2023 Who could be on Celtics’ shopping list? —

Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Jan. 2023 Maybe enough for the Kings to add a goaltender to their shopping list, along with a brawny, left-handed shooting defenseman. —

Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2022 See More

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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 goods

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“Shopping list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20list. Accessed 30 May. 2023.

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