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

Alienware 16 Aurora Gaming Laptop Deal Is more affordable gaming on your Labor Day shopping list? — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026

Use the boost to review subscriptions, adjust your shopping list, or ask whether you’re being paid fairly. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2026

The 2026 back-to-school supplies season has turned into a tug-of-war between what children want, what families can afford and how quickly a single viral item can rewrite a shopping list. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026

Instinctively, the fans will want to start writing out a shopping list to go to the transfer market to fix these sorts of problems there. — Jon MacKenzie, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for shopping list

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