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

Those caloric excesses during the holidays often lead to New Year’s resolutions to get fit, which is why Planet Fitness (PLNT) also made this year’s holiday stock shopping list. —Michael Khouw, CNBC, 26 Nov. 2025

If the children on your shopping list love nature, this adventurer’s set makes the perfect gift. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025

The American Farm Bureau Federation has given the same shopping list to volunteer shoppers from all 50 states and Puerto Rico since 1986 to calculate the average cost of Thanksgiving dinner. —Carlie Procell, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025

Make some progress on your holiday shopping list with everything from a Lego flower building set that doubles as decor to a cozy Hanes sweatshirt with 94,300 perfect ratings. —Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for shopping list

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• booklist