The buying of goods without planning to do so in advance, as a result of a sudden whim or impulse.
Example sentencesExamples
When sales shopping, Sally advises against impulse buying - that's how mistakes are made.
Big savings can be made by curtailing impulse buying and tracking every expense and interest rate charge, creating a budget plan and sticking to it.
Learn to save money on everyday purchases by shopping around, and avoid impulse buying.
Elise owned dozens of outfits - truthfully, she was as bad as he was when it came to impulse buying - but he'd never seen her wear more than four of them.
Instead of impulse buying, though, we decided to sleep on it - not literally, of course.
Right now I have a huge, I mean huge bag of clothes and shoes and hideous reminders of impulse buying and/or bad taste that I'm sure will look tasteful and chic on someone browsing the goodwill bins.
I read this article that said the typical symptoms of stress are eating too much, impulse buying, and driving too fast.
Teach children to plan their purchases and avoid impulse buying; have them practice comparison shopping by checking prices at different locations.
Is that something like impulse buying at the supermarket?
He explained that the new system allowed shops to have packaged CDs on display which helped encourage impulse buying.
Derivatives
impulse buy
noun
By asking her I was avoiding the risk of inspecting rails of clothes and making an impulse buy.
Example sentencesExamples
At the shops earlier I suffered an impulse buy.
During the rest of the year we get a lot of impulse buys.
Get more for less by learning to control your ' impulse buying '.
In the, impulse areas near the register, where grocery stores put chewing gum, place items for gun-related impulse buys.
Definition of impulse buying in US English:
impulse buying
noun
The buying of goods without planning to do so in advance, as a result of a sudden whim or impulse.
Example sentencesExamples
I read this article that said the typical symptoms of stress are eating too much, impulse buying, and driving too fast.
Instead of impulse buying, though, we decided to sleep on it - not literally, of course.
He explained that the new system allowed shops to have packaged CDs on display which helped encourage impulse buying.
Right now I have a huge, I mean huge bag of clothes and shoes and hideous reminders of impulse buying and/or bad taste that I'm sure will look tasteful and chic on someone browsing the goodwill bins.
Is that something like impulse buying at the supermarket?
When sales shopping, Sally advises against impulse buying - that's how mistakes are made.
Teach children to plan their purchases and avoid impulse buying; have them practice comparison shopping by checking prices at different locations.
Elise owned dozens of outfits - truthfully, she was as bad as he was when it came to impulse buying - but he'd never seen her wear more than four of them.
Learn to save money on everyday purchases by shopping around, and avoid impulse buying.
Big savings can be made by curtailing impulse buying and tracking every expense and interest rate charge, creating a budget plan and sticking to it.