| 单词 | panic buying |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspanic buying panic buying n. the action of buying large quantities of a commodity in sudden alarm at an anticipated shortage. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > [noun] > panic buying panic buying1896 scare-buying1944 1896 New Haven (Connecticut) Morning Jrnl. & Courier 14 May 8/3 (advt.) The Rice boilers, Straight sauce pans, and milk boilers are all gone, and a few more days of such panic-buying will make a memory of the greatest sale of agate-ware the Big Store ever knew. 1921 Econ. Jrnl. 31 501 The Sugar Commission did not raise the price of sugar..but lowered it to that figure from a higher one caused by panic-buying. 1942 Washington Post 23 Nov. 11/6 An anti-hoarding regulation for householders..to curb panic-buying of foods. 1974 Guardian 19 Jan. 20/2 Panic-buying would in itself lead to ‘artificial shortages’. 1997 S. Sternthal Gorbachev's Reforms 205 The ill-conceived Ryzhkov plan..to increase prices on bread (which resulted in panic buying across the country and the virtual disappearance of all goods from stores). < as lemmas |
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