shopping

/ˈʃɑpɪŋ/ noun A1

The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy. (uncountable) · On Saturdays we usually do the shopping.
Recently bought goods. (uncountable) · 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. (uncountable) · Boston has good shopping.
Placement in a workshop for overhaul. (uncountable)

Plural shoppings

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The day passed most pleasantly away; the morning in bustle and shopping, and the evening at one of the theatres.

Douglas seldom went to London or left the village; but on the day before the crime he had been shopping at Tunbridge Wells.

The Valley of Fear, p. 47 · C1

“I did a good deal of shopping.

The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 41 · C1

Dad has a shopping list in his hand.

The Shopping List, p. 1 · A1

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