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

The online store’s sales surged, profits tripled, and popularity soared as people clicked away on their shopping carts from home. —Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 20 June 2024

The suspect then pushed the shopping cart toward an exit and fled the store while carrying the child, officials said. —Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2024

Currently, the emerald green and green floral colors are on sale for $120 and $130 respectively, with an extra 15% discount added to your shopping cart. —Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 12 June 2024

For some reason, the canals are magnets to shopping carts. —Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 15 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined at sense 1