panic buying

English

Noun

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.

Translations

buying of commodities earlier than normal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 搶購／抢购 (zh) (qiǎnggòu)

• Danish: hamstring c
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• Finnish: hamstraus (fi)
• French: achats de panique (fr) m pl
• German: Panikkauf m, Panikkäufe m pl
• Hungarian: pánikvásárlás
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• Romanian: cumpărare de panică f
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: compras de pánico f pl
• Vietnamese: mua sắm do sợ hãi, mua sắm do lo sợ

See also

• impulse buying
• panic selling