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spending spree en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. An expensive series of purchases made in a short time.
    • Yichun is a poor city in a poor province. The income of its residents was little more than half the national average last year. That hasn’t stopped the government from going on a spending spree. The new local police headquarters has a miniature dome reminiscent of that of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. 2011 July 16, Henry Sanderson, Michael Forsythe, “In China, loans lure city officials”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2023, Business:

Forms

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spending sprees Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

shopping spree

Translations (4)

de Kaufrausch (series of purchases) · ru покупательский бум (series of purchases) · ru торго́вый бум (series of purchases) · ru покупательский всплеск (series of purchases)