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

2

: 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

Delivery 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

Examples of shopping cart in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Find these two in my shopping cart, embroidered with my favorite words and destinations. —Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2024

Consumers should take note that most of the products in Cyber Monday shopping carts are imported. —Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024

If a customer abandons their shopping cart, the system can trigger a reminder email with a discount to encourage them to complete the purchase. —Shoplazza Contributor, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024

Amazon’s Cyber Monday sale has deals on sturdy cookware, soft bedding, cleaning essentials, and small kitchen appliances like this like this compact Crock-Pot slow cooker, which has been added to more than 20,000 shopping carts in the past month. —Isabel Garcia, People.com, 1 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined at sense 1