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purchasing power en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The amount of goods and services that can be bought with a unit of currency.
    • But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short. 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 11:
    • The exchange rates do not always reflect true differences in the purchasing power of currencies.
  2. (uncountable) The amount of goods and services that can be bought by consumers.
    • High interest rates are affecting the purchasing power of homeowners.
  3. (uncountable) The ability of a large collective or company to negotiate more favourable prices and terms than a smaller group or company.
    • Large supermarkets usually have better purchasing power than small, local shops.

Deriveds

purchasing power parity

Relateds

earning power

Synonyms

buying power · spending power

Translations (67)

cmn 購買力 /购买力 (income available to households) · cmn 購買力 /购买力 (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · ms kuasa beli (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · az alıcılıq qüvvəsi (income available to households) · tr alım gücü (income available to households) · kmr hêza peydakirinê (ability of company) · uk купіве́льна спромо́жність (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · de Einkaufsmacht (ability of company) · ru покупа́тельная спосо́бность (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · el αγοραστική δύναμη (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · de Kaufkraft (income available to households) · is kaupmáttur (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · es poder de compra (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · pt poder de compra (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · de Kaufkraft (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · fi ostovoima (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · it potere d'acquisto (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · sk kúpna sila (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · az alıcı qabiliyyəti (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · az alıcı qüvvəsi (income available to households) · ko 구매력 (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · pl siła nabywcza (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · pt poder aquisitivo (income available to households) · fi ostovoima (income available to households) · nb kjøpekraft (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · fo keypsorka (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · ka მსყიდველობითი უნარი (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · sv köpkraft (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · nn kjøpekraft (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · az alıcı qabiliyəti (income available to households) · ro putere de cumpărare (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · ms kuasa beli (income available to households) · id daya beli (income available to households) · ja 購買力 (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · lv pirktspēja (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · pt poder de compra (income available to households) · ca poder adquisitiu (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · fi hankintavoima (ability of company) · kmr hêza kirînê (income available to households) · kmr hêza kirînê (ability of company) · kmr hêza kirînê (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · da købekraft (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · ms kuasa beli (ability of company) · pl dostępny dochód (income available to households) · id daya beli (ability of company) · pl siła nabywcza (income available to households) · az alıcılıq qabiliyyəti (income available to households) · ar قُدْرَة شِرائِيَّة (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · id daya beli (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · cmn 消費力 /消费力 (income available to households) · fa قدرت خرید (income available to households) · fr pouvoir d'achat (income available to households) · az alıcı qüvvəsi (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · az alıcılıq qabiliyyəti (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · fr pouvoir d'achat (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · nl koopkracht (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · pl siła nabywcza (ability of company) · ar قُدْرَة شِرائِيَّة (income available to households) · hu vásárlóerő (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · et ostujõud (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · az alıcılıq qüvvəsi (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · cs kupní síla (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · nl koopkracht (income available to households) · es poder adquisitivo (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency) · cmn 購買力 /购买力 (ability of company) · fi käytettävissä oleva tulo (income available to households) · tr alım gücü (amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency)