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the act of making unplanned or otherwise spontaneous purchasesSee Also: impulse buyer
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impulse buying — impulse buy UK US noun [C] (also impulse purchase) ► something that you buy without having planned it, and without thinking carefully: »I hadn t intended to get another pair of shoes it was an impulse buy. impulse buyer noun [C] (also impulse… … Financial and business terms
impulse buying — noun : the buying of merchandise on impulse rather than from premeditation * * * impulse buying noun The buying of goods on a whim rather than because of previous intent • • • Main Entry: ↑impulse * * * impulse buying, the act of an impulse… … Useful english dictionary
impulse buying — The buying of a product by a consumer without previous intention and almost always without evaluation of competing brands. Impulse buying is encouraged by such factors as prominent shelf position; manufacturers are therefore keen to persuade… … Big dictionary of business and management
impulse buying — / ɪmpʌls ˌbaɪɪŋ/ noun the practice of buying items which you have just seen, not because you had planned to buy them … Marketing dictionary in english
impulse buying — / ɪmpʌls ˌbaɪɪŋ/ noun the practice of buying items which you have just seen, not because you had planned to buy them … Dictionary of banking and finance
impulse buy — ➔ buy2 * * * impulse buy UK US noun [C] (also impulse purchase) ► something that you buy without having planned it, and without thinking carefully: »I hadn t intended to get another pair of shoes it was an impulse buy. impulse buyer noun [C] ( … Financial and business terms
impulse buyer — ➔ buyer * * * impulse buy UK US noun [C] (also impulse purchase) ► something that you buy without having planned it, and without thinking carefully: »I hadn t intended to get another pair of shoes it was an impulse buy. impulse buyer noun [C] ( … Financial and business terms
Impulse purchase — An impulse purchase or impulse buy is an unplanned or otherwise spontaneous purchase. One who tends to make such purchases is referred to as an impulse purchaser or impulse buyer.Marketers and retailers tend to exploit these impulses which are… … Wikipedia
impulse — noun 1 (C, U) a sudden strong desire to do something before thinking whether it is a sensible thing to do: impulse to do sth: Gerry couldn t resist the impulse to skip work and go down to the beach. | on impulse (=because of an impulse): She had… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
impulse — n. 1 the act or an instance of impelling; a push. 2 an impetus. 3 Physics a an indefinitely large force acting for a very short time but producing a finite change of momentum (e.g. the blow of a hammer). b the change of momentum produced by this… … Useful english dictionary
