impulse-buy

verb

To purchase without thinking or planning.

Meanings

verbimpulse-buy (third-person singular simple present impulse-buys, present participle impulse-buying, simple past and past participle impulse-bought)

present singular third person impulse-buys · participle present impulse-buying · participle past impulse-bought · past impulse-bought

  1. To purchase without thinking or planning.
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APA

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Chicago

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