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Meaning of "impulse purchase" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IMPULSE PURCHASE

impulse purchase  [ˈɪmpʌls ˈpɜːtʃɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IMPULSE PURCHASE

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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Impulse purchase is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IMPULSE PURCHASE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Impulse purchase

An impulse purchase or impulse buying is an unplanned decision to buy a product or service, made just before a purchase. One who tends to make such purchases is referred to as an impulse purchaser or impulse buyer. Research findings suggest that emotions and feelings play a decisive role in purchasing, triggered by seeing the product or upon exposure to a well crafted promotional message. Marketers and retailers tend to exploit these impulses which are tied to the basic want for instant gratification. For example, a shopper in a supermarket might not specifically be shopping for confectionary. However, candy, gum, mints and chocolate are prominently displayed at the checkout aisles to trigger impulse buyers to buy what they might not have otherwise considered. Alternatively, impulse buying can occur when a potential consumer spots something related to a product that stirs a particular passion in them, such as seeing a certain country's flag on the cover of a certain DVD. Sale items are displayed in much the same fashion. Impulse buying can also extend to more expensive items such as automobiles and home appliances.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IMPULSE PURCHASE


archduchess
ˈɑːtʃˈdʌtʃɪs
duchess
ˈdʌtʃɪs
duchesse
ˈdʌtʃɪs
prepurchase
priːˈpɜːtʃɪs
purchase
ˈpɜːtʃɪs
repurchase
riːˈpɜːtʃɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IMPULSE PURCHASE

impugnable
impugnation
impugner
impugnment
impuissance
impuissant
impulse
impulse buy
impulse buyer
impulse buying
impulse turbine
impulsion
impulsive
impulsively
impulsiveness
impulsivity
impundulu
impunities
impunity
impure

WORDS THAT END LIKE IMPULSE PURCHASE

car chase
chase
compulsory purchase
cut to the chase
enchase
Gadsden Purchase
give chase
goose chase
hire purchase
hire-purchase
Louisiana Purchase
money-purchase
out of phase
paper chase
phase
proof of purchase
single-phase
steeplechase
the chase
wild-goose chase

Synonyms and antonyms of impulse purchase in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «impulse purchase» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IMPULSE PURCHASE

Find out the translation of impulse purchase to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of impulse purchase from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «impulse purchase» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

冲动购买
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

impulso de compra
570 millions of speakers

English

impulse purchase
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आवेग खरीद
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

شراء دفعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

импульс покупки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

compra por impulso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আসল ক্রয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

achat d´impulsion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembelian impuls
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Impulskauf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

衝動買い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

충동 구매
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tuku dhuwit
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mua xung
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உந்துவிசை வாங்குதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रेरणा खरेदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dürtü satın alma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

acquisto d´impulso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

impuls zakupu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

імпульс покупки
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cumpărare impuls
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγορά ώθηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

impuls aankoop
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

impulsköp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

impuls kjøp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of impulse purchase

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPULSE PURCHASE»

The term «impulse purchase» is normally little used and occupies the 109.870 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IMPULSE PURCHASE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about impulse purchase

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IMPULSE PURCHASE»

Discover the use of impulse purchase in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to impulse purchase and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Why People Buy Things They Don't Need: Understanding and ...
JUSTIFIER #13: IMPULSE PURCHASE Buying on impulse is an important factor in discretionary purchases for about 40 percent of consumers. Based upon our survey, buying on impulse is about half as important as making a planned ...
Pamela Danziger, 2004
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Consumer Behavior
Another common decision process that has a strong affective component is the impulse purchase, which occurs when consumers suddenly decide to purchase something they had not planned on buying. Impulse purchases are characterized  ...
Wayne D. Hoyer, Deborah J. MacInnis, Rik Pieters, 2012
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Culture and Consumption: New Approaches to the Symbolic ...
This concept has proved to be a troublesome concept around which several unanswered questions still revolve. Some define the impulse purchase as one that is not planned. The difficulty with this definition is that it is possible to argue that ...
Grant David McCracken, 1990
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Tourism Behaviour: Travellers' Decisions and Actions
Bayley and Nancarrow (1998) identified types of unplanned purchases that are non-impulsive by nature [here we use Dittmar and Drury's (2000) definition of ' impulse' purchase as a spur of the moment purchase, with no prior desire to ...
Roger March, Arch G. Woodside, 2005
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Consumption: Disciplinary approaches to consumption
Another definition of the impulse purchase treats it as the purchase that does not exhibit the usual calculation of cost and benefit. According to this scheme, the consumer normally acts with perfect rationality, carefully calculating what will be ...
Daniel Miller, 2001
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Relative and Interaction Effects of Situational and Personal ...
unknown whether making an impulse purchase alters consumer's moods. Previous researchers did not separately measure mood before, during, and after shopping. Thus, future researchers could investigate changes in shoppers' moods ...
Jaeha Lee, 2008
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Impulse purchases in retailing
When making a pure impulse purchase, the customer breaks with the principle of rational buying and undertakes an emotional act of buying. This makes Stern ( 1962) one of the first to explicitly demarcate the heavily emotionally influenced act ...
Pirmin Sessler, 2013
8
Competition Policy: Theory and Practice
They also exclude industrial ice-cream in individual portions but sold through home delivery, because this is not an impulse purchase. But the definition they use is further narrowed down by the exclusion of icecream which is sold in bulk, but ...
Massimo Motta, 2004
9
Tourism SMEs, Service Quality, and Destination Competitiveness
In their study, Engel and Blackwell (1982: 552) also defined an impulse purchase as 'a buying action undertaken without a problem previously having been consciously recognized or a buying intention formed prior to entering the store'.
Eleri Jones, E. Jones and C. Haven, Claire Haven, 2005
10
Team Sports Marketing
An adult male fan may believe that an impulse purchase will be viewed negatively by others, namely the fan's wife. In such cases, the excitement or pleasure that accompanies the impulse purchase may be offset by the post- purchase ...
Kirk L. Wakefield, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IMPULSE PURCHASE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term impulse purchase is used in the context of the following news items.
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To invest in online? Or to not invest in online? That is the question …
It's also true that brands who rely on impulse purchase or a high level of shopper engagement may find the more planned and analytical online ... «Retail Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Labradors, retrievers, are our best friends
He lives with Judy and Pru Bardell, and was something of an impulse purchase. When daughter Claire set her heart on litter-mate Blake, the ... «Manawatu Standard, Jul 15»
3
11 amazing things you probably didn't know about Amazon.com
... in 1994, Amazon has become a place where it's all too easy to shop for those essentials and just be a click away from an impulse purchase. «TrustedReviews, Jul 15»
4
With mobile phones becoming primary music device, Headphone …
“Buying headphones was earlier an impulse purchase or involved bargain hunting. With our webstore, we want to educate passionate music ... «YourStory.com, Jul 15»
5
Slyce Launches Fashion Discovery & Purchase App 'Craves …
"Although we realize there are other fashion discovery apps in the market, we feel that the discovery and impulse purchase experience using ... «Stockhouse, Jul 15»
6
Soda syphon search leads Kapiti man to Taranaki
An impulse purchase in a small antique shop has lead to an enduring hobby for one man. Kapiti Coast resident Dave Smithson bought his first ... «Taranaki Daily News, Jul 15»
7
How to trick yourself into paying off your credit card debt | Las Vegas …
“This will remind you of your debt-free goals, and every time you seriously avoid an impulse purchase, make a payment in the amount that you ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jul 15»
8
How the Little Vacation Expenses Add Up
The 24-hour decision period will eliminate the impulse purchase or the pressure from a salesperson to buy right away. Vacation euphoria is a ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
9
Vietnam-era Huey helicopter touches down in Hubbard
... which is named after a Huey with tail number 369, began when brothers John and Alan Walker made an impulse purchase. Growing up, they ... «Youngstown Vindicator, Jul 15»
10
Why we spend money we don't have sponsored
When you've successfully stuck to it, allow yourself a small impulse purchase as a reward. ○ Try to take the emotion out of your spending ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Impulse purchase [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/impulse-purchase>. Apr 2024 ».
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