impulse purchase

noun

Something bought spontaneously, without planning or thought.

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impulse buysplurchase
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Meanings

nounimpulse purchase (plural impulse purchases)

plural impulse purchases

  1. Something bought spontaneously, without planning or thought.

    Synonyms: impulse buy, splurchase

verbimpulse purchase (third-person singular simple present impulse purchases, present participle impulse purchasing, simple past and past participle impulse purchased)

present singular third person impulse purchases · participle present impulse purchasing · participle past impulse purchased · past impulse purchased

  1. To buy without thinking or planning.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSomething bought spontaneously, without planning or thought.

Similar
impulse buysplurchase
Also see
impulse buysplurchase

Translations

Finnish heräteostos
  • heräteostossomething bought without planning
French achat compulsif
  • achat compulsifsomething bought without planning
Swedish impulsköp
  • impulsköpsomething bought without planning
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APA

impulse purchase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impulse%20purchase

MLA

“impulse purchase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impulse%20purchase. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impulse purchase,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impulse%20purchase.

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