the purchase of goods by telephone or via the internet
teleshopping in American English
(ˈteləˌʃɑpɪŋ)
noun
electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service
Word origin
[1980–85; tele-1 + shopping]This word is first recorded in the period 1980–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: NIMBY, biobehavioral, nuclear winter, off-price, scientific creationismtele- is a combining form meaning “distant,” esp. “transmission over a distance,” usedin the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix tele- include: telecommunications, telemotor, telephone, teletherapy, television
Examples of 'teleshopping' in a sentence
teleshopping
And then there's their other favourite pastime - teleshopping.
The Sun (2014)
It looks like the kind of thing you'd see advertised on those teleshopping channels during the insomniac hours.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But the broadcaster would not expect to invest more heavily in raising the quality of teleshopping in particular.