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
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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The problematic provision of the ordinance, however, involves the city inserting itself into the business of shopping cart retrieval.
—Lupe Lopez, Mercury News, 22 June 2025
Monochromatic Multi Stick for just $4, then gently wash it off at night with the CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser, which has been added to more than 70,000 shopping carts in the past month alone.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 21 June 2025
Through its Cart With a Heart program, each $50 donation fills a shopping cart with fresh meat, pantry items and produce.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
The newborns were found May 20 on the flatbed under a shopping cart by a PetSmart in Riverside County.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
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Lupe Lopez, Mercury News, 22 June 2025
Monochromatic Multi Stick for just $4, then gently wash it off at night with the CeraVe Hydrating Facial Cleanser, which has been added to more than 70,000 shopping carts in the past month alone.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 21 June 2025
Through its Cart With a Heart program, each $50 donation fills a shopping cart with fresh meat, pantry items and produce.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025
The newborns were found May 20 on the flatbed under a shopping cart by a PetSmart in Riverside County.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2025
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“Shopping cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20cart. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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