Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to buy on impulse without proper reflection.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb buy on impulse without proper reflection
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Examples
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But authors shouldn't fret too much; e-readers will make it easier to impulse-buy books at 4am even if we never read past the first 100 pages.
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Personal finance blogger J.D. Roth points out that the more frequently you go to the supermarket, the more likely you are to impulse-buy unplanned items.
Impulse Buys Most Common At The Supermarket | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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The key to many of her tips is to restrict your exposure to impulse-buy opportunities.
11 Ways To Save Money Grocery Shopping - The Consumerist 2010
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The Impulse Buy The magic of that moment in Austin ( "I'm in the mood for a novel -- oh, here's a novel right here in my hands!") also tells me that e-book readers are going to sell a lot of books, precisely because there's an impulse-buy quality to the devices that's quite unlike anything the publishing business has ever experienced before.
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As I've been out and about this holiday season, I've been pleased to see that the amount of cheap, impulse-buy Hanukkah tchotchkes has been on the rise — still nowhere near Christmas swag, but a noticeable uptick nonetheless.
Dreidel Attraction Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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I certainly can appreciate the value (read: profit) of the point-of-sale impulse-buy to the store, but do they have to fill every available space with a menagerie of book lights, candy, costume jewelry, and the inevitable phalanx of bookmarks?
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Roth points out that the more frequently you go to the supermarket, the more likely you are to impulse-buy unplanned items.
Impulse Buys Most Common At The Supermarket | Lifehacker Australia 2008
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As I've been out and about this holiday season, I've been pleased to see that the amount of cheap, impulse-buy Hanukkah tchotchkes has been on the rise — still nowhere near Christmas swag, but a noticeable uptick nonetheless.
Archive 2006-12-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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Just imagine how many impulse-buy they lost because of that!
Archive 2007-04-01 Ayala Sender 2007
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Just imagine how many impulse-buy they lost because of that!
Perfume Decants and Copyright Infringement Ayala Sender 2007
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