impulse buying

impulse buying (usually uncountable, plural impulse buyings)

1. The act of making unplanned or otherwise spontaneous purchases.
   • 1976, A. L. Gary, John A. Glover, Eye color, sex, and children's behavior, page 155:

     Often one partner is prone to impulse buyings, plunges the couple deeply into debt without evaluating their capability to pay, and in the eyes of the other partner, is generally "irresponsible" from a fiscal standpoint.

• impulse buyer
• impulse good

• panic buying