spending spree
Retail therapy rampage
A spending spree is a bout of extravagant or unrestrained purchasing, often impulsive: She went on a spending spree after getting her bonus.
The term implies excess—buying more than necessary or prudent, typically in a short period.
Governments and corporations can also go on spending sprees when they dramatically increase expenditures.
- treat yourselfAllow personal indulgence
- retail therapyShopping to improve mood
- shoppingAcquiring goods at retailers
- overspendingExceeding one's budget
- money to burnDisposable income aplenty
buying · fling · maxed out · impulse buying · cash · budget deficit · credit card debt · consumerism · debt · extravagance · buyer's remorse · outlay · impulse purchases · purchase · spendthrift · impulsive · bags · haul
- money mistakesoverspending, impulse buying, gambling debt, debt spiral, no savings
- sprees
- lotterieslottery machine, ball machine, jackpot winner, lottery winner, lottery winners
- midlifemidlife crisis, empty nest, empty nester, forties, fifties
spending spreesaving
Reserving for future use
hoarding · earning · income · penny-pinching · investment
spending spreebudgeting
Allocating funds systematically
austerity · belt-tightening · frugality · thriftiness · fiscal restraint
spending spreebudgeting
Allocating funds systematically
self-denial · abstinence · restraint · discipline · moderation
expensive, expense, spending, expenses, spree, inexpensive, splurge, expenditure, disburse