Meanings
plural spending sprees
- An expensive series of purchases made in a short time.
1 more example
Yichun is a poor city in a poor province. The income of its residents was little more than half the national average last year. That hasn’t stopped the government from going on a spending spree. The new local police headquarters has a miniature dome reminiscent of that of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.
2011 July 16, Henry Sanderson, Michael Forsythe, “In China, loans lure city officials”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2023, BusinessSynonyms: shopping spree
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn expensive series of purchases made in a short time.
Translations
German Kaufrausch
- Kaufrauschseries of purchases
Russian покупательский всплеск, покупательский бум
- покупательский всплеск (pokupatelʹskij vsplesk)series of purchases
- покупательский бум (pokupatelʹskij bum)series of purchases
- торго́вый бум (torgóvyj bum)series of purchases
Cite this entry
spending spree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spending%20spree
“spending spree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spending%20spree. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spending spree,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spending%20spree.
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