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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Another person with a shopping cart cornered the suspect before the suspect ran between two cars.
—Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 28 July 2025
In addition to the full-page shopping cart, there's a mini-cart that can appear in the top right corner of the browser window.
—PC Magazine, 25 July 2025
Authorities matched shell casings at the scene to an AK-47-style rifle, which security footage showed Strong ditching in a shopping cart outside a Walmart.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 16 July 2025
Keep your home clean with the Levoit Air Purifier, which has been added to more than 30,000 shopping carts in the past few weeks alone.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 9 July 2025
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Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 28 July 2025
In addition to the full-page shopping cart, there's a mini-cart that can appear in the top right corner of the browser window.
—PC Magazine, 25 July 2025
Authorities matched shell casings at the scene to an AK-47-style rifle, which security footage showed Strong ditching in a shopping cart outside a Walmart.
—Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 16 July 2025
Keep your home clean with the Levoit Air Purifier, which has been added to more than 30,000 shopping carts in the past few weeks alone.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 9 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for shopping cart
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“Shopping cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20cart. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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