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shopping cart

American  

noun

  1. a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.

shopping cart British  

noun

  1. the usual US and Canadian word for shopping basket

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Etymology

Origin of shopping cart

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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In a 1986 photo taken in Crazy Prices Supermarket outside of Dublin, a baby has been tossed in the seat of a well-stocked shopping cart like a consumer good.

From The Wall Street Journal

Baby left in shopping cart in 1972 reunites with women who found her.

From MarketWatch

A bus whooshes by, an unhoused man screams as he walks by with a shopping cart.

From Los Angeles Times

In the past, when retailers couldn’t offer free two-day shipping, he says, more shoppers would leave items in their shopping carts without clicking to complete their purchase.

From The Wall Street Journal

The new Publix was built with bright lights and wider aisles to give customers more space to navigate with shopping carts.

From The Wall Street Journal

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