buying spree
Retail therapy marathon
A buying spree is a bout of rapid, often excessive purchasing—shopping conducted with unusual intensity or abandon.
The phrase implies spending freely without much restraint: She went on a buying spree after her bonus came through.
Companies also go on buying sprees when acquiring multiple businesses in quick succession.
- shoppingAcquiring goods at retailers
- retail storeCommercial sales establishment
- splurgeSpend freely, impulsively
- retail therapyShopping to improve mood
- window shoppingLooking without intent to buy
shop till you drop · impulse · credit card · credit limit · shopping bags · bags · mall · checkout · add to cart · shopping cart · binge · haul · extravagance · indulgence · spending · consumerism · cart · cashier
buying spreeausterity
Enforced economic stringency
belt-tightening · frugality · penny-pinching · spending freeze · budgeting
buying spreeliquidation
Selling assets for cash
divestiture · selloff · selling off · purge · decluttering
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