shopping

noun

Pronunciation: /ˈʃɒpɪŋ/ / /ˈʃɑpɪŋ/

Etymology: By surface analysis, shop + -ing.

The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.
“On Saturdays we usually do the shopping.”
“After a hard day's shopping, they had come home laden with bargains, and the dressing-room was strewed with Indian fans, ivory boxes, and lace.”
Recently bought goods.
“I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs.”
An area's combination of stores and other infrastructure and products available for people who want to shop.
“Boston has good shopping.”
Placement in a workshop for overhaul.
“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.”

Etymology: By surface analysis, shop + -ing.