shop·ping cen·tre shopping centres in AM, use shopping center A shopping centre is a specially built area containing a lot of different shops. The new shopping centre was constructed at a cost of 1.1 million. shopping center a group of shops together in one area, often in one large building
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"