shopping.
The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.
Meaning & usage
The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.
On Saturdays we usually do the shopping.
Recently bought goods.
I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs.
An area's combination of stores and other infrastructure and products available for people who want to shop.
Boston has good shopping.
Placement in a workshop for overhaul.
Where this word comes from
By surface analysis, shop + -ing.
present participle and gerund of shop
Where this word comes from
By surface analysis, shop + -ing.
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