Shopping is the purchase of goods and services from retailers.

Explanation

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Shopping is considered a recreational activity of psychological interest. Shopping involves selection and purchase.

"Window shopping" is an American/English phrase meaning to look into glass windows of a shop for entertainment and imagine purchasing items without actually purchasing, possibly just to pass the time between other activities, or planning a purchase.

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Americas - International Herald Tribune

McCain vows to end 'partisan rancor'
By ADAM NAGOURNEY AND MICHAEL COOPER Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:13:10 -0000
Senator John McCain sought to move from a convention marked by an effort to reassure the party base to an appeal to a broader electorate.
At McCain's convention, big money still talks
By Michael Luo Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:29:59 -0000
For all of John McCain's efforts to purge big money from politics, large donors still wielded sizable influence over the RNC.
Foreign policy factions vie for McCain's heart
By DAVID E. SANGER Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:13:10 -0000
Hidden from view during much of the Republican convention here, a fierce struggle has been under way to mold the foreign-policy approach of John McCain.
At McCain's convention, big money still talks
By Michael Luo Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:29:59 -0000
For all of John McCain's efforts to purge big money from politics, large donors still wielded sizable influence over the RNC.
Firing up faithful with echoes of 'cultural war'
By David D. Kirkpatrick Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:28:45 -0000
This year's Republican convention hardly measures up to the belligerence of Pat Buchanan in 1992, but some of the same refrains are playing in the background.
To counter Palin, Obama to dispatch female surrogates
By PATRICK HEALY AND JEFF ZELENY Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:13:10 -0000
With the McCain-Palin team courting female voters, the Obama camp plans to deploy prominent Democratic women.

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