Synonyms for shopping
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : shop-ing |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɒp ɪŋ |
Définition of shopping
Origin :- 1764, "act or practice of visiting shops," verbal noun from shop (v.). Meaning "goods that have been purchased" is from 1934. Shopping bag attested from 1886; shopping list from 1913.
- noun buying
- Evelyn had been in the living-room when Grace and Elfreda returned from their shopping.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
- Shopping, however, seemed to be a small part of her business.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- She had gone in to do some shopping, she explained, after Crane's greeting.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- One afternoon I went out to do some shopping, and when I came back he was gone.
- Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
- He was stopped from reminding her by Phoebe's saying that she'd leave for a bit of shopping.
- Extract from : « Spacemen Never Die! » by Morris Hershman
- You could see that when the women folk went out to do their morning shopping.
- Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
- Mrs. Wilcox had been overtired by the shopping, and was inclined to hysteria.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- Hephzibah, who had been shopping on her own hook, did not return until nearly seven.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- If you have any last bits of shopping to do, now is your opportunity.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Yesterday she told me she must go up to London, shopping, pretty soon.
- Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
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