Shopping

Definition: Shopping

Shopping

Noun

1. Searching for or buying goods or services: "went shopping for a reliable plumber"; "does her shopping at the mall rather than down town".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "shopping" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1792. (references)

Business

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Shopping

Barter

Trade, commerce, mercature, buying and selling, bargain and sale; traffic, business, nundination, custom, shopping; commercial enterprise, speculation, jobbing, stockjobbing, agiotage, brokery.

Mart

Mall, suburban mall, commons, pedestrian mall; shopping street.

Purchase

Shop, market, go shopping.

Noun: purchase, emption; buying, purchasing, shopping; preemption, refusal.

Crosswords: Shopping

Italian (shopping), Portuguese (mall), Swedish (shopping).

Cos if you can't see value here today, you're not up here shopping, you're up here shop lifting (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

I ain't shopping with you no more (Rush Hour 2; writing credit: Jeff Nathanson)

Hmmm? What do you think? I'll clean your place, I'll do the shopping, I'll even wash your clothes (Léon; writing credit: Luc Besson)

She went shopping for some shoes for the wedding, and yada yada yada, I'll see her in six to eight months (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

Stop shopping! Broadway has turned into the Mall of America (Reverend Billy; writing credit: Ângela Câmara; Joe Pimentel)

Going on shopping sprees ("Bills, Bills, Bills"; performing artist: Destiny's Child)

I pulled into the shopping center (Grown Men Don't Cry; performing artist: Tim McGraw)

Veni, Vedi, Visa: I came. I saw. I did a little shopping. (references; author: unknown)

Shopping tip: You can get shoes for 85-cents at the bowling alley. (references; author: unknown)

Adult Education Topic: How to be the ideal shopping companion. Relaxation, exercises, meditation and breathing techniques. (references; author: unknown)

Window Shopping (1938)

Song Shopping (1933)

Shopping with Wifie (1932)

The Newlyweds' Shopping Tour (1927)

Jones Goes Shopping (1913)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• AMP Shopping Centre Trust: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Capital Shopping Centres Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Cambridge Shopping Centres Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Ideal Shopping Direct P.L.C.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Taehwa Shopping: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Carl Goes Shopping (reference)

• Don't Go Shopping for Hair Care Products Without Me (reference)

• Retail Therapy: Life Lessons Learned While Shopping (reference)

• Scratch and Sniff: Shopping (reference)

• The Paris Shopping Companion: A Personal Guide to the Finest Shops in Paris for Every Pocketbook (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• National Benchmark Of Shopping Patterns (reference)

• Shopping Guide For Caring Consumers (reference)

• Monday Report On Retailers Comes With Shopping Centre News (reference)

• Canadian Directory Of Shopping Centres - Multi-volume (reference)

• Store And Shopping Center Openings (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Shopping (reference)

• Shopping for Fangs (reference)

• Consumer Buying: Let's Go Shopping (reference)

• Shopping with Susan Powter (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Christmas Shopping (reference)

• Sound Shopping (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Max and Marie Go Shopping (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Cart Along - Shopping Cart Seat Belt (reference)

• Safe and Secure Shopping Cart Safety Seat (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Good" foods are displayed in a shopping cart. Some foods in the cart include vegetables, fruits and oyster crackers. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

The image shows a shopping cart filled with "bad" snacks such as corn and potato chips, cookies, crackers, etc. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Sweet, juicy grapes, picked a the peak of ripeness, are one of nature's best-tasting treats. In vineyards, greenhouses, and laboratories, ARS scientists seek to bring even better grapes to your shopping cart tomorrow. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Center Glatt, shopping mall, hotel, and high-rise offices, Glatt, near Zurich, Switzerland. Credit: Library of Congress.

Shopping for the baby. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Wait here -- Mommy's going shopping". Credit: Library of Congress.

Levittown Center shopping center, Levittown, Long Island, N.Y.] / World Telegram & Sun p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Roger Higgins..

Shopping center and motion picture theater integrated with the architecture of the federal housing project at Greenbelt, Md. Credit: Library of Congress.

Chief shopping street. Credit: Library of Congress.

Farm family window shopping, Williston, North Dakota. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

My aunt always sends me off when she is shopping.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The latter include tasks like shopping and cooking. (references)

Talk to friends or family members about helping with shopping and cooking. (references)

Don't be afraid to ask a friend or family member for help with cooking or shopping. (references)

Business

The following are leading shopping malls. (references)

Most shopping malls have bowling facilities. (references)

The main users are the airport, MRT stations and shopping malls. (references)

Children

Brazil

To assist visually impaired persons, some private firms have implemented Braille instructions for shopping and placing orders. (references)

Civil Liberties

Zimbabwe

On February 25, police dispersed a meeting of several dozen MDC supporters at a Chitungwiza shopping center. (references)

Economic History

Vietnam

Shopping center developments are mushrooming. (references)

Human Rights

Zimbabwe

The abductees were taken to a camp in a local shopping area. (references)

Guyana

On April 9, Donna McKinnon was killed when shots were fired into a crowd gathered on the streets of Georgetown to watch a fire burn in a shopping district. (references)

Pakistan

SSP activists reportedly left one of these gatherings and proceeded to Hangu's main shopping area where they shot and killed three Shi'a shopkeepers and one Sunni bystander, among others. (references)

Minorities

Israel and the occupied territories

In August in a shopping mall in Haifa, a man threw a Druze baby against a wall after he heard the child's parents speaking Arabic. (references)

Political Economy

COLOMBIA

For middle-income families, the price of the shopping basket is 6.1 times the minimum wage. (references)

HONG KONG

Copyrights: Sale of pirated discs at retail shopping arcades is much less widespread than it used to be but remains a problem. (references)

Trade

Bahamas

Bahamians shopping in Florida (and elsewhere abroad) are permitted to import $300 worth of goods, duty free, twice per year. (references)

Finland

Customers are able to handle bank transfers, pay bills, ask for accounting info, send/receive customer mail, do shopping and even buy shares on the Finnish stock market using a WAP phone. (references)

Morocco

The Commerce Department's office of Multilateral Development Bank Operations (MDBO) provides one-stop shopping services to U.S. firms interested in doing business with the MDBs. Its staff can help U.S. companies get a share of major contracts financed by the multilateral development banks. (references)

Travel

Colombia

These machines are located in most banks and modern shopping centers. (references)

South Africa

Shopping here is similar to that in the United States, with large and very modern shopping centers. (references)

Chad

Shopping: Shopping is concentrated in the area near the Grand Mosquee and on Avenue Charles de Gaulle. (references)

Worker Rights

Colombia

Recruiters reportedly loiter outside high schools, shopping malls, and parks to lure adolescents into accepting phantom jobs abroad. (references)

Colombia

An estimated 70 percent of all workers earn wages that are insufficient to cover the costs of the Government's estimated low-income family shopping basket. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "shopping": do one's christmas shopping ♦ do shopping ♦ go on a shopping spree ♦ go shopping ♦ large shopping bag ♦ shopping arcade ♦ shopping area ♦ shopping bag ♦ shopping basket ♦ shopping cart ♦ shopping center ♦ shopping center in paris ♦ shopping centre ♦ shopping goods ♦ shopping line ♦ shopping list ♦ shopping mal ♦ shopping mall ♦ shopping parade ♦ shopping precinct ♦ shopping spree ♦ shopping steward ♦ shopping street ♦ shopping trolley ♦ window shopping. Additional references.

Beginning with "shopping": shopping-bag, shopping-bags, shopping-basket, shopping-baskets, Shopping-centre, shopping-entertainment, shopping-list, shopping-malls, shopping-precinct, shopping-street, Shopping-sunday, shopping-trips, shopping-trolley, shopping-world, shopping-worn.

Ending with "shopping": home-shopping, window-shopping.

Containing "shopping": uphill-shopping-street, window-shopping expedition.

Afrikaans

inkopies. (various references)

Albanian

pazarin. (various references)

Arabic 

‏التسوق. (various references)

Basque

erosketak. (various references)

Blackfoot

otoowahsoohpommaa (to go grocery shopping). (various references)

Bulgarian 

търговски (commercial, merchant, trade), за пазар, пазаруване (marketing), пазарски (market, marketable), пазар (emporium, market, marketing, marketplace, mart, outlet). (various references)

Chinese 

購物 , 购物 (Shopped). (various references)

Croatian

kupovini. (various references)

Czech

nakupování (buying). (various references)

Danish

indkoebsmoenster (shopping basket, standard basket), indkoebskurv (shopping basket, standard basket), forbrugssammensaetning (shopping basket, standard basket), étstedsfakturering (one-stop shopping). (various references)

Dutch

winkelen (go shopping, shop, to shop). (various references)

Esperanto

butikumado. (various references)

Estonian

sisseoste. (various references)

Finnish

tarvittavien palvelujen saaminen yhdestä pisteestä (one-stop shopping), lähteä ostoksille (go shopping), kauppakatu (shopping street), kassi (shopping-bag, string bag, tote bag), käydä ostoksilla (be out shopping, do one's shopping), käydä asioilla (go shopping, run errands). (various references)

Flemish

winkelen. (various references)

French

magazinage, magasinage, lèche-vitrines, faire les courses, consultation de fournisseurs, commercial, chalandage. (various references)

French Canadian

courses. (various references)

German

Einkaufen (buy, buy in, purchase, shop, take over, to purchase, to shop), einkaufend (buying). (various references)

Greek 

ψώνια (groceries, purchases). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעשות קניות (go shopping), לערוך קניות (go shopping, shop). (various references)

Hungarian

vásárlás (acquisition, buy, buying, purchase, taking over), bevásárlás. (various references)

Indonesian

perbelanjaan (expenses, financing). (various references)

Irish

siopadóireacht. (various references)

Italian

spese (charge, cost, costs, expense, expenses, outgoings), shopping. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

買物 , 買い物 , シュタイナー学校 (a shop, chauvinism, chemise, chocolate, Chopin, crying, displaywindow, line drive to the shortstop, liquor, mall, Schiller, Schmidt camera, Schottky diode, serial, serial printer, serialize, series, serious, serious drama, shawl, shock, shock absorber, shock theory, shocker, shocking, shockwave, shop in shop, shopping bag, shopping bag lady, shopping cart, shopping centre, shopping mall, shoran, shordarvision, shore radar television, short, short bound, short circuit, short cut, short hair, short hole, short iron, short order, short pants, short relief, short short, short skirt, short stay, short story, short time, shortcake, short-circuit appeal, shortening, short-range navigation aid, shorts, short-scale, shortstop, shot, shotgun, shotgun bride, shotgun marriage, shotgun wedding, shoulder, shoulder bag, shoulder pad, shovel, show, show biz, show business, show girl, showboat, showcase, showman, showmanship, showroom, shredder, shrimp, Shroedinger, sleeping bag, snorkel, sound like a steam engine, Steiner school, stem turn in skiing, Sturm und Drang, syllable, Syria, temporary care, trace, weeping). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かいもの, ショッピッング , ショッピング . (various references)

Korean 

쇼핑. (various references)

Manx

shappal (shop). (various references)

Norwegian

handlet (went shopping). (various references)

Pig Latin

oppingshay.(various references)

Portuguese

compras (purchases). (various references)

Romanian

cumpãrãturi. (various references)

Russian 

делать покупки/ покупка .торговый. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pazarenje, kupovina (buy, buying, purchase). (various references)

Somali

iibsanayey. (various references)

Spanish

compras (purchases). (various references)

Swedish

shopping. (various references)

Tagalog

namimili. (various references)

Tahitian

ho'oho'o. (various references)

Turkish

pazara çıkma, alýşveriş, alışveriş (buying and selling, connection, deal, dealing, trading, traffic), çarşıya çıkma. (various references)

Ukrainian

відвідання магазину з метою купівлі. (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự đi mua hàng. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "shopping": shoppings. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Shopping" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Schuppan, shopan, shoping, shoppin, shoppings. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: hoppings.

-1 letter: hopping, shippon, sopping.

-2 letters: gipons, hippos, hoping, hosing, pingos, popish, posing, siphon.

-3 letters: gipon, hippo, hongs, nighs, ohing, oping, opsin, phons, pingo, pings, pions, pongs.

-4 letters: ghis, gins, gips, gosh, hins, hips, hisn, hogs, hong, hons, hops, ions, nigh, nips, nogs, nosh, phis, phon, pigs, ping, pins, pion, pips, pish, piso, pois, pong, pons.

+1 letter: shoppings.

+3 letters: prophesying, worshipping.

+4 letters: showstopping.

+5 letters: horsewhipping, nonhappenings, phonographies, phosphatizing, planographies, pornographies, sharecropping.