"panic buying" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: panic buyings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} panic buying (usually uncountable, plural panic buyings)
  1. (business, finance) The buying of commodities or other assets earlier than normal, or in quantities greater than normal, because of rumours of coming shortages or price rises. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Business, Finance Related terms: impulse buying, panic selling, revenge buying Translations (buying of commodities earlier than normal): 搶購 (Chinese Mandarin), 抢购 (qiǎnggòu) (Chinese Mandarin), hamstring [common-gender] (Danish), hamstraus (Finnish), achats de panique [masculine, plural] (French), Panikkauf [masculine] (German), Panikkäufe [masculine, plural] (German), pánikvásárlás (Hungarian), cumpărare de panică [feminine] (Romanian), compras de pánico [feminine, plural] (Spanish), mua sắm do sợ hãi (Vietnamese), mua sắm do lo sợ (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "buying of commodities earlier than normal",
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