What does "shopping" mean?

The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.

What is a synonym for "shopping"?

Common synonyms include: buy, buying, buying power, buying up, catalog buying, coemption.

//ˈʃɒpɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy. uncountable, usually
"On Saturdays we usually do the shopping."
2
searching for or buying goods or services wordnet
3
Recently bought goods. uncountable, usually
"I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs."
4
the commodities purchased from stores wordnet
5
An area's combination of stores and other infrastructure and products available for people who want to shop. uncountable, usually
"Boston has good shopping."

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Placement in a workshop for overhaul. uncountable, usually
"The five roller-bearing A1s are now averaging 120,000 miles between shopping; this figure is an improvement of about 50 per cent on the norm of other ex-L.N.E. Pacific types."