market basket
noun
: a variety of consumer goods and services used to calculate a consumer price index
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Along with July 4th survey, the AFBF market basket series of surveys includes the cost of common foods for the Thanksgiving holiday. 
Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2022 An American Farm Bureau Federation market basket survey shows an average cost of $69.68 this year for cheeseburgers, pork chops, chicken breasts, potato salad, ice cream and strawberries to feed 10 people. Staff Reports, San Antonio Express-News, 1 July 2022 With a Provençal market basket, Coastal Grandmother is good to go. Rory Satran, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2022 The consumer price index -- a measure of the prices Americans pay for a market basket of everyday goods and services -- jumped 7% over the last 12 months, the Labor Department said Wednesday. Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2022 The consumer price index, which measures the prices consumers pay for a market basket of everyday goods and services, jumped 0.8% last month after rising 0.9% in October, the Department of Labor reported Friday. Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2021 This was the largest one-year increase since November 1990 for the index, which tracks price stickers on a market basket of everyday goods and services. Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2021 Prices for a market basket of grocery food items up notably in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) monthly Consumer Price Index data released Wednesday morning showed. Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 13 Oct. 2021 The market basket assumes a family eats more than 5 pounds of beans a week, for example. Mike Dorning, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2021 See More
Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 29 June 2022 An American Farm Bureau Federation market basket survey shows an average cost of $69.68 this year for cheeseburgers, pork chops, chicken breasts, potato salad, ice cream and strawberries to feed 10 people. Staff Reports, San Antonio Express-News, 1 July 2022 With a Provençal market basket, Coastal Grandmother is good to go. Rory Satran, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2022 The consumer price index -- a measure of the prices Americans pay for a market basket of everyday goods and services -- jumped 7% over the last 12 months, the Labor Department said Wednesday. Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2022 The consumer price index, which measures the prices consumers pay for a market basket of everyday goods and services, jumped 0.8% last month after rising 0.9% in October, the Department of Labor reported Friday. Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2021 This was the largest one-year increase since November 1990 for the index, which tracks price stickers on a market basket of everyday goods and services. Catherine Thorbecke, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2021 Prices for a market basket of grocery food items up notably in September, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) monthly Consumer Price Index data released Wednesday morning showed. Sue Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 13 Oct. 2021 The market basket assumes a family eats more than 5 pounds of beans a week, for example. Mike Dorning, chicagotribune.com, 3 May 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1943, in the meaning defined above