shopping cart
noun
1
: a metal or plastic cart with four small wheels that is used for holding merchandise when shopping (as at a supermarket or department store)
… about the only amenities besides the jumbo-sized shopping carts are a few flatbed dollies to allow shoppers to get large appliances like refrigerators and washing machines to the cash register and then out to the parking lot.—
Jean Crichton
Jean Crichton2
: a temporary record of items selected for eventual purchase from an online vendor's website
To set up shop on the Internet, you need a commerce-enabled Web site, which includes the electronic shopping cart; a connection to the credit card network; and finally, a merchant account …—Tom Negrino
Tom NegrinoDelivery charges are the No. 1 reason shoppers abandon a virtual shopping cart, according to Jupiter Media Metrix. Every Internet shopper has a shipping-charge horror story.—Ellen Neuborn
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Another 43 percent of respondents also said they have been tempted to buy something after seeing it in a stranger’s shopping cart (63 percent of GenZ and 52 percent of Millennials).
—Alexandra Pastore, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
Expect to find artificial intelligence in the aisles and in the shopping carts.
—Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 21 Oct. 2024
Shopify provides thorough instructions for configuring your domain's DNS records to point to Shopify's servers.
Customer Payment Options
The easiest shopping cart software is worthless if customers can't find and pay for products.
—PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
Dorothea, a 10-year-old Chihuahua mix, was found June 16 atop a shopping cart in the middle of a canal, according to Arizona Humane Society.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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Alexandra Pastore, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
Expect to find artificial intelligence in the aisles and in the shopping carts.
—Samantha Gowen, Orange County Register, 21 Oct. 2024
Shopify provides thorough instructions for configuring your domain's DNS records to point to Shopify's servers.
Customer Payment Options
The easiest shopping cart software is worthless if customers can't find and pay for products.
—PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024
Dorothea, a 10-year-old Chihuahua mix, was found June 16 atop a shopping cart in the middle of a canal, according to Arizona Humane Society.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Shopping cart.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopping%20cart. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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