shopping

noun4

1. •
   the activity of looking for things to buy and buying them

   • On Saturdays we usually do the shopping.
2. •
   Recently bought goods.

   • I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs.
3. •
   An area's combination of stores and other infrastructure and products available for people who want to shop.

   • Boston has good shopping.
4. •
   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. — 1961