shopping

/ˈʃɑpɪŋ/
noun

The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 4 meanings

  1. The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.

    “On Saturdays we usually do the shopping.”

  2. Recently bought goods.

    “I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs.”

  3. An area's combination of stores and other infrastructure and products available for people who want to shop.

    “Boston has good shopping.”

  4. Placement in a workshop for overhaul.

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Where it comes from

Etymology

By surface analysis, shop + -ing.

SHOPPING at a glance

SHOPPING has 8 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (S 1 + H 4 + O 1 + P 3 + P 3 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 19 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,076 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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