Word Study
shopping (root: shop)
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shopping, n.
1 (often attrib.) the purchase of goods etc. (shopping expedition).
2 goods purchased (put the shopping on the table).
1 (often attrib.) the purchase of goods etc. (shopping expedition).
2 goods purchased (put the shopping on the table).
Idiom
shopping centre an area or complex of shops, with associated facilities.
THESAURUS
shopping
buy, buying, buying power, buying up, catalog buying, coemption, consumer power, consumer sovereignty, consumerism, cornering, emption, hire purchase, impulse buying, installment buying, mail-order buying, marketing, money illusion, purchase, purchasing, purchasing power, rebuying, repurchase, shopping spree, window-shoppingROGET THESAURUS
shopping
Barter
N barter, exchange, scorse, truck system, interchange, a Roland for an Oliver, quid pro quo, commutation, composition, Indian gift, trade, commerce, mercature, buying and selling, bargain and sale, traffic, business, nundination, custom, shopping, commercial enterprise, speculation, jobbing, stockjobbing, agiotage, brokery, deal, dealing, transaction, negotiation, bargain, free trade, commercial, mercantile, trading, interchangeable, marketable, staple, in the market, for sale, wholesale, retail, across the counter, cambio non e furto.Purchase
N purchase, emption, buying, purchasing, shopping, preemption, refusal, coemption, bribery, slave trade, buyer, purchaser, emptor, vendee, patron, employer, client, customer, clientele, purchased, caveat emptor, the customer is always right.For further exploring for "shopping" in Webster Dictionary Online