virtual basket
list of items pending payment in an online store
TRANSLATION
virtual basket = virtueller Warenkorb beim online Shopping --- GOOGLE INDEX virtual basket: approximately 40,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
You can also take items out of your VIRTUAL BASKET or change the number of items you want to buy.
(BBC WebWise)
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The application works by using the iPhone's built-in camera to scan the bar code of a product, which then tells the Tesco online database to add it to your VIRTUAL BASKET.
(www.computeractive.co.uk)
(BBC WebWise)
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The application works by using the iPhone's built-in camera to scan the bar code of a product, which then tells the Tesco online database to add it to your VIRTUAL BASKET.
(www.computeractive.co.uk)
Did you
know?
virtual basket
noun phrase
- when online shopping, the list of items that a consumer has selected to purchase, but has not yet paid for. Also referred to as a "shopping cart."
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Online shopping has become a way of life for many people. It's not unusual to hear someone say, "I did all of my Christmas shopping on the Internet this year." Online shopping has created a whole new glossary of terms that are meanwhile integrated into the English language. In addition to expressions like "virtual basket," one might also hear:
- eCommerce = the buying and selling of products and services over the Internet.
- bricks and mortar = A conventional retail shop.
- E-tailer = A firm that buys products and resells them online just as traditional retailers do offline.
- B2B = A business model for conducting business sales over the Internet. B2B refers to business transactions between two business organizations.
- B2C = A business model for conducting sales over the Internet. B2C refers to direct sales to individual consumers.
- Transaction = The actual process of buying an item in an online store.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"I love reading so my virtual basket is usually full of books."
noun phrase
- when online shopping, the list of items that a consumer has selected to purchase, but has not yet paid for. Also referred to as a "shopping cart."
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Online shopping has become a way of life for many people. It's not unusual to hear someone say, "I did all of my Christmas shopping on the Internet this year." Online shopping has created a whole new glossary of terms that are meanwhile integrated into the English language. In addition to expressions like "virtual basket," one might also hear:
- eCommerce = the buying and selling of products and services over the Internet.
- bricks and mortar = A conventional retail shop.
- E-tailer = A firm that buys products and resells them online just as traditional retailers do offline.
- B2B = A business model for conducting business sales over the Internet. B2B refers to business transactions between two business organizations.
- B2C = A business model for conducting sales over the Internet. B2C refers to direct sales to individual consumers.
- Transaction = The actual process of buying an item in an online store.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"I love reading so my virtual basket is usually full of books."
