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
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But Morton returned moments later and allegedly attacked the 77-year-old customer from behind, hitting him with his fists and striking him with a shopping cart before fleeing again.
—Harry Harris, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
The incident that helped investigators bust the suspects happened last month at a Sam's Club in Lakeland, where the suspects attempted to steal a shopping cart filled with $3,200 worth of liquor, according to the sheriff.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
On a skid car, or a Dodge Charger equipped with what look like shopping cart roller skates on hydraulic rams, Zacharias and Bucknum repeatedly lightened up the front and rear tires to simulate slides.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Atta is still an ingredient mostly easily found at Indian or South Asian grocery stores (and, of course, the borderless shopping carts of the internet).
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 13 Mar. 2025
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Harry Harris, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
The incident that helped investigators bust the suspects happened last month at a Sam's Club in Lakeland, where the suspects attempted to steal a shopping cart filled with $3,200 worth of liquor, according to the sheriff.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
On a skid car, or a Dodge Charger equipped with what look like shopping cart roller skates on hydraulic rams, Zacharias and Bucknum repeatedly lightened up the front and rear tires to simulate slides.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Atta is still an ingredient mostly easily found at Indian or South Asian grocery stores (and, of course, the borderless shopping carts of the internet).
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Shopping cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20cart. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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