Meanings
nounpanic buying (usually uncountable, plural panic buyings)
plural panic buyings
- uncountableusuallybusinessThe buying of commodities or other assets earlier than normal, or in quantities greater than normal, because of rumours of coming shortages or price rises.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 搶購 /抢购
- 搶購 /抢购 (qiǎnggòu)buying of commodities earlier than normal
Danish hamstring
- hamstringbuying of commodities earlier than normal
Finnish hamstraus
- hamstrausbuying of commodities earlier than normal
French achats de panique
- achats de paniquebuying of commodities earlier than normal
German Panikkauf, Panikkäufe
- Panikkaufbuying of commodities earlier than normal
- Panikkäufebuying of commodities earlier than normal
Hungarian pánikvásárlás
- pánikvásárlásbuying of commodities earlier than normal
Romanian cumpărare de panică
- cumpărare de panicăbuying of commodities earlier than normal
Spanish compras de pánico
- compras de pánicobuying of commodities earlier than normal
Vietnamese mua sắm do sợ hãi, mua sắm do lo sợ
- mua sắm do sợ hãibuying of commodities earlier than normal
- mua sắm do lo sợbuying of commodities earlier than normal
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APA
panic buying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panic%20buying
MLA
“panic buying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panic%20buying. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “panic buying,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panic%20buying.
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