Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

impulse purchase

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables
im-pulse pur-chase
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something bought spontaneously, without planning or thought.

verb

To buy without thinking or planning.

Inflected Forms

impulse purchases (plural) impulse purchases (present, singular) impulse purchasing (participle, present) impulse purchased (participle, past) impulse purchased (past)

Synonyms

impulse buy splurchase

Questions

What does impulse purchase mean?
Something bought spontaneously, without planning or thought.

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