window-shopping
21shopping — n. 1) to do the shopping 2) Christmas; comparison; window shopping (to do the Christmas shopping; to do comparison shopping) * * * [ ʃɒpɪŋ] comparison window shopping (to do the Christmas shopping; to do comparison shopping) Christmas to do the… …
22Shopping — Seeking to obtain the best bid or offer available by calling a number of dealers and/or brokers. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * shopping shop‧ping [ˈʆɒpɪŋ ǁ ˈʆɑː ] noun [uncountable] COMMERCE the activity of going to shops to buy… …
23shopping — Seeking to obtain the best bid or offer available by calling a number of dealers and/or brokers. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * shopping shop‧ping [ˈʆɒpɪŋ ǁ ˈʆɑː ] noun [uncountable] COMMERCE the activity of going to shops to buy things: •… …
24shopping — shop|ping W3S2 [ˈʃɔpıŋ US ʃa: ] n [U] 1.) the activity of going to shops and buying things ▪ Late night shopping is becoming very popular. shopping expedition/trip ▪ She s gone on a shopping trip to New York. ▪ I went on a shopping spree (=went… …
25shopping */*/ — UK [ˈʃɒpɪŋ] / US [ˈʃɑpɪŋ] noun [uncountable] 1) a) the activity of going to a shop to buy things I don t like shopping very much. a shopping list go shopping/do the shopping: I don t suppose you ve had a chance to go shopping yet? b) [only before …
26shopping — shop|ping [ ʃapıŋ ] noun uncount ** 1. ) the activity of going to a store to buy things: I don t like shopping very much. a shopping list go shopping: Have you had a chance to go shopping yet? a ) only before noun involving shopping: a shopping… …
27shopping*/*/ — [ˈʃɒpɪŋ] noun [U] 1) the activity of going to a shop to buy things I don t like shopping very much.[/ex] a shopping list/trolley/basket[/ex] I don t suppose you ve had a chance to go shopping yet?[/ex] Where do you go to do your shopping?[/ex]… …
28shopping — [[t]ʃɒ̱pɪŋ[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) N UNCOUNT When you do the shopping, you go to shops and buy things. → See also window shopping I ll do the shopping this afternoon. 2) N UNCOUNT Your shopping is the things that you have bought from shops, especially food.… …
29window-shop — /ˈwɪndoʊ ʃɒp / (say windoh shop) verb (i) (window shopped, window shopping) to look at articles in shopwindows instead of actually buying. –window shopper, noun –window shopping, adjective, noun …
30shopping — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. looking for bargains, inspecting goods, purchasing, comparing, looking, hunting for, matching, window shopping; see also buying . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. buying, purchasing, sampling the merchandise, marketing,… …
