shoppings

Noun

shopping (usually uncountable, plural shoppings)

1. (usually) The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.
   • On Saturdays we usually do the shopping.
2. (usually) Recently bought goods.
   • I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs.
3. (usually) An area's combination of stores and other infrastructure and products available for people who want to shop.
   • Boston has good shopping.
4. (usually) 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 November, “Talking of Trains: The roller-bearing A1s”, in Trains Illustrated, page 643