| shopping | searching for or buying goods or services, went shopping for a reliable plumber, does her shopping at the mall rather than down town |
| expedition | a journey organized for a particular purpose |
campaign hunting expedition
safari | an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) |
| exploration geographic expedition | to travel for the purpose of discovery |
excursion
jaunt
outing
junket
pleasure trip
expedition sashay | a journey taken for pleasure, many summer excursions to the shore, it was merely a pleasure trip, after cautious sashays into the field |
expedition military expedition
hostile expedition | a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country |
plaza mall center shopping mall
shopping center
shopping centre | mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers, usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area, a modern version of the traditional marketplace, a good plaza should have a movie house, they spent their weekends at the local malls |
| shopping | the commodities purchased from stores, she loaded her shopping into the carwomen carrying home shopping didn't give me a second glance |
| shopping bag | a bag made of plastic or strong paper (often with handles), used to transport goods after shopping |
| shopping basket | a handbasket used to carry goods while shopping |
| shopping cart | a handcart that holds groceries or other goods while shopping |
dispatch
despatch
expedition
expeditiousness | the property of being prompt and efficient, it was done with dispatch |
| fishing expedition | an investigation undertaken in the hope (but not the stated purpose) of discovering information |
| grocery list shopping list | a list of heterogenous items that someone wants, the union came to the table with a whole grocery list of demands |
| shopping list | a list of items to be purchased |
| expedition | an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose, an expedition was sent to explore Mars |
| Lewis and Clark Expedition | an expedition sent by Thomas Jefferson to explore the northwestern territories of the United States, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, traveled from St. Louis to the mouth of the Columbia River fromto |