impulse buynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪm.pʌls ˌbaɪ/us/ˈɪm.pʌls ˌbaɪ/something that you buy suddenly and without thinking carefully:
I hadn't intended to get one - it was an impulse buy.
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Buying
- acquisitiveness
- approval
- bid
- bidding war
- bite
- brand loyalty
- bulk-buy
- import
- load up on sth
- money-off
- on the slate idiom
- order form
- order sth in
- outbid
- over the counter idiom
- shop around
- shopaholic
- shopping
- stock up
- trade-in
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impulse buying
noun [ U ] ukus
the act of buying something that you had not planned to buy, because you suddenly want it when you see it:
They display chocolates next to supermarket checkouts to encourage impulse buying.