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shopping

activity in which a customer browses goods or services with the potential intent to purchase
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shopping

Summary

shopping ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (574 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • shopping is a type of economic activity[2].
  • shopping's Commons category is recorded as Shopping[3].
  • shopping comprises evaluation[4].
  • shopping comprises comparison[5].
  • shopping comprises bargaining[6].
  • Among those involved in shopping was customer[7].
  • A participant in shopping was vendor[8].
  • shopping's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shopping (activity)[9].
  • shopping's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C81006[10].
  • shopping's different from is recorded as purchasing[11].
  • shopping's has goal is recorded as purchasing[12].

Body

Definition and Type

shopping is a type of economic activity[2].

Use and Application

Components include evaluation[4]; comparison[5], a method[13]; and bargaining[6].

Why It Matters

shopping ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (574 views/month).[1] shopping has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] shopping is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). shopping. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/shopping
MLA “shopping.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/shopping.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shopping_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{shopping}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shopping}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant → customer, vendor
    Has parts → —
    Subclass of → economic activity
    Topic's main category → Category:Shopping (activity)
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 8575, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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