splurchase

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noun

A spur-of-the-moment purchase.

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impulse buyimpulse purchase
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Meanings

nounsplurchase (plural splurchases)

plural splurchases

  1. slangA spur-of-the-moment purchase.

    And there is consensus that impulsive buying is on the rise, thanks to e-commerce and TV home-shopping, neither of which requires us to change out of our sweatpants and leave the house to make a splurchase.

    2009, Lee Eisenberg, Shoptimism: Why the American Consumer Will Keep on Buying No Matter What, Free Press, →ISBN, page 248

    Synonyms: impulse buy, impulse purchase

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA spur-of-the-moment purchase.

Similar
impulse buyimpulse purchase
Also see
impulse buyimpulse purchase

Origin

Blend of splurge + purchase.

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Cite this entry
APA

splurchase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splurchase

MLA

“splurchase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splurchase. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “splurchase,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/splurchase.

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