splashing out

Scrabbling around in your pocket to dig out a phone may not be as elegant as glancing at a watch, but it saves splashing out on two gadgets.

For many, it was a time for splashing out on a second home.

For all that, the direction of travel counts: China is splashing out on its military just as the US retrenches.

Given the problems with GE Capital, however, the company is likely to think twice before splashing out.

Christopher Flowers, a specialist in bank buy-outs, did just that, splashing out on a small Missouri lender and rebranding it Flowers Bank.

Plenty of farmers are still splashing out on "pieces of dirt" , some with funds borrowed against property they already own.

Asian consumers are on a spending spree, splashing out on anything from mobile phones to designer clothes.

AS CAR dealers know only too well, the global downturn has made people think twice before splashing out on pricey new machines.

Before you start splashing out on books and records think of the bills you have to pay.

Yet it is hard to see how the company can justify splashing out the equivalent of 400 times Skype's operating income last year for its prey.

After years of collecting watches in the $1, 000 to $2, 000 range, he rewards himself by splashing out on a $200, 000 time piece.

So for years to come, many more households will be firmly focused on saving, splashing out only occasionally on a big-ticket item.

We have a long-term project, but I will absolutely not start splashing out.

Is a cleaner, let fly the road sprinkler, splashing out of a fresh dawn;

before flushing , lower the toilet lid to prevent contaminated water from splashing out