Meanings
nounpurchasing power (uncountable)
- uncountableeconomicsThe amount of goods and services that can be bought with a unit of currency.
The exchange rates do not always reflect true differences in the purchasing power of currencies.
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But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.
2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11 - uncountableeconomicsThe amount of goods and services that can be bought by consumers.
High interest rates are affecting the purchasing power of homeowners.
Synonyms: spending power, buying power
- uncountablebusinessThe ability of a large collective or company to negotiate more favourable prices and terms than a smaller group or company.
Large supermarkets usually have better purchasing power than small, local shops.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe amount of goods and services that can be bought by consumers.
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Arabic قُدْرَة شِرائِيَّة, قُدْرَة شِرائِيَّة
- قُدْرَة شِرائِيَّةamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
- قُدْرَة شِرائِيَّةincome available to households
Catalan poder adquisitiu
- poder adquisitiuamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
Chinese Mandarin 購買力 /购买力, 購買力 /购买力
- 購買力 /购买力 (gòumǎilì)amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
- 購買力 /购买力 (gòumǎilì)income available to households
- 消費力 /消费力 (xiāofèilì)income available to households
- 購買力 /购买力 (gòumǎilì)ability of company
Czech kupní síla
- kupní sílaamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
Danish købekraft
- købekraftamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
Dutch koopkracht, koopkracht
- koopkrachtamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
- koopkrachtincome available to households
Estonian ostujõud
- ostujõudamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
Finnish ostovoima, ostovoima
- ostovoimaamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
- ostovoimaincome available to households
- käytettävissä oleva tuloincome available to households
- hankintavoimaability of company
French pouvoir d'achat, pouvoir d'achat
- pouvoir d'achatamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
- pouvoir d'achatincome available to households
German Kaufkraft, Kaufkraft
- Kaufkraftamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
- Kaufkraftincome available to households
- Einkaufsmachtability of company
Greek αγοραστική δύναμη
- αγοραστική δύναμη (agorastikí dýnami)amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
Hungarian vásárlóerő
- vásárlóerőamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
Icelandic kaupmáttur
- kaupmátturamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
Indonesian daya beli, daya beli
- daya beliamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
- daya beliincome available to households
- daya beliability of company
Italian potere d'acquisto
- potere d'acquistoamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
Japanese 購買力
- 購買力 (kōbai-ryoku)amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
Korean 구매력
- 구매력 (gumaeryeok)amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
Latvian pirktspēja
- pirktspējaamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
Malay kuasa beli, kuasa beli
- kuasa beliamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
- kuasa beliincome available to households
- kuasa beliability of company
Norwegian Bokmål kjøpekraft
- kjøpekraftamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
Persian قدرت خرید
- قدرت خرید (qodrat-e xarid)income available to households
Polish siła nabywcza, dostępny dochód
- siła nabywczaamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
- dostępny dochódincome available to households
- siła nabywczaincome available to households
- siła nabywczaability of company
Portuguese poder de compra, poder aquisitivo
- poder de compraamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
- poder aquisitivoincome available to households
- poder de compraincome available to households
Romanian putere de cumpărare
- putere de cumpărareamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
Russian покупа́тельная спосо́бность
- покупа́тельная спосо́бность (pokupátelʹnaja sposóbnostʹ)amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
Slovak kúpna sila
- kúpna silaamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
Spanish poder adquisitivo, poder de compra
- poder adquisitivoamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
- poder de compraamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
Swedish köpkraft
- köpkraftamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
Turkish alım gücü, alım gücü
- alım gücüamount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
- alım gücüincome available to households
Ukrainian купіве́льна спромо́жність
- купіве́льна спромо́жність (kupivélʹna spromóžnistʹ)amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency
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“purchasing power.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purchasing%20power. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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