shopping list

noun

: a list of items to be purchased
broadly : a list of related items
the biggest possible shopping list of budget cuts Leonard Silk

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Please include breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks for each day, along with simple, easy-to-follow recipes and a detailed grocery shopping list. Tor Constantino, Mba, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 Read on to get a shortlist (that can double as a grocery shopping list) of winter fruits in season from November to March. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Jan. 2025 What’s on Richard Branson’s shopping list this holiday season? Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024 There’s a good chance that your holiday shopping list is nearly complete. Nicol Natale, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shopping list 

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of shopping list was in 1852

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“Shopping list.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20list. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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