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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The kittens were found beneath a shopping cart in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., according to Jessica Gercke, a representative from the Helen Woodward Animal Center, in an email to PEOPLE.
—Toria Sheffield, People.com, 26 May 2025
The Iraq war veteran sweated through his white T-shirt, heaving his belongings into a shopping cart.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 26 May 2025
Two newborn kittens have been left fighting for their lives after being found zip-tied together beneath a shopping cart at a shopping center in Santa Fe, California.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
Someone zip-tied four newborn kittens together and left them — covered in fleas and with their umbilical cords still attached — abandoned in a shopping cart.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
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Toria Sheffield, People.com, 26 May 2025
The Iraq war veteran sweated through his white T-shirt, heaving his belongings into a shopping cart.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 26 May 2025
Two newborn kittens have been left fighting for their lives after being found zip-tied together beneath a shopping cart at a shopping center in Santa Fe, California.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
Someone zip-tied four newborn kittens together and left them — covered in fleas and with their umbilical cords still attached — abandoned in a shopping cart.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
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“Shopping cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20cart. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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