shopping trolley

noun

A shopping cart.

Meanings

nounshopping trolley (plural shopping trolleys)

plural shopping trolleys

  1. CommonwealthIrelandUKA shopping cart.

    2007, Scott Moeller, Chris Brady, Intelligent M&A: Navigating the Mergers and Acquisitions Minefield, John Wiley, UK, 2011, unnumbered page, As Wal-Mart builds up its knowledge of what goes into your shopping trolley, it can aid the positioning of goods as well as the pricing of complementary goods.

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    Children are often placed in shopping trolleys; in the designated seats as well as in the trolley itself. A fall from a shopping trolley is a regular occurrence, possibly due to diminished attention of the parents while shopping.

    2010, Rob A. C. Bilo, Simon G. F. Robben, Rick R. van Rijn, Forensic Aspects of Pediatric Fractures, Springer, page 123

    Which payment system and shopping trolley software is right for you?[…]When you go to the supermarket or other retail outlet, you pick goodies off the shelves and put them in a shopping trolley.

    2011, Kim Gilmour, Dan Matthews, Greg Holden, Starting and Running an Online Business For Dummies, UK, page 255

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