spending sprees
Extravagant purchasing episodes
A spending spree is a bout of extravagant or impulsive purchasing, typically compressed into a short period: She went on a spending spree after getting her bonus.
The word spree suggests abandon—spending without the usual restraints or calculations.
Spending sprees may be celebratory, therapeutic, or reckless depending on context.
- purchasesGoods obtained for money
- buyingObtaining through payment
- impulse buyingUnplanned purchase decision
- shoppingAcquiring goods at retailers
- online shoppingInternet-based retail activity
window shopping · money · splurging · treat yourself · extravagance · expenditure · consumption · debts · maxed out · payments · compulsion · Black Friday · acquiring · thrill-seeking · instant gratification · self-indulgence · outlay · escapism
- bipolar disordermania, hypomania, bipolar II, cyclothymia, manic episode
- harmful copingself-harm, self-injury, self-sabotage, self-destruction, self-medication
spending spreessaving
Reserving for future use
penny-pinching · thrift · belt-tightening · scrimping · economizing
spending spreesausterity
Enforced economic stringency
abstinence · deprivation · self-denial · minimalism · frugality
spending spreesausterity measures
Policies reducing government spending
recession · economic contraction · credit crunch · spending freeze · budget cuts
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