"impulse purchase" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: impulse purchases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} impulse purchase (plural impulse purchases)
  1. Something bought spontaneously, without planning or thought. Synonyms: impulse buy, splurchase Translations (something bought without planning): heräteostos (Finnish), achat compulsif [masculine] (French), impulsköp [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-impulse_purchase-en-noun-HomTtgY- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14

Verb

Forms: impulse purchases [present, singular, third-person], impulse purchasing [participle, present], impulse purchased [participle, past], impulse purchased [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} impulse purchase (third-person singular simple present impulse purchases, present participle impulse purchasing, simple past and past participle impulse purchased)
  1. To buy without thinking or planning.
    Sense id: en-impulse_purchase-en-verb-EoiywSh0

Inflected forms

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