shopping: Meaning and Definition of

shop•ping

Pronunciation: (shop'ing), [key]
— n.
  1. the act of a person who shops.
  2. the facilities or merchandise available to those who shop: Chicago has good shopping.
—adj.
  1. of, for, or pertaining to examining and buying merchandise: a shopping trip.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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