purchasing power
noun
1
: the amount of money that a person or group has available to spend
Inflation decreases consumer purchasing power.
2
: the value of money thought of as how much it can buy
a decline in the purchasing power of the dollar
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With inflation, the FAA says the purchasing power of its budget is diluted by up to $1 billion a year.
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Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Those boards establish endowment payout policies that guide how much of the endowment and its earnings can be spent each year, while attempting to preserve the purchasing power of the investments over the long term.
—Todd L. Ely, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
But the department has consistently refused to use the leverage that its purchasing power provides to insist that gun makers act more responsibly.
—Joel Mosbacher, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
The universal 10% tariff amounts to a wide-ranging trade barrier that will touch every product that enters the U.S.
Trump said the measure would ensure foreign firms pay a price for benefits derived from the purchasing power of U.S. consumers.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2025
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Marisa Garcia, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
Those boards establish endowment payout policies that guide how much of the endowment and its earnings can be spent each year, while attempting to preserve the purchasing power of the investments over the long term.
—Todd L. Ely, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2025
But the department has consistently refused to use the leverage that its purchasing power provides to insist that gun makers act more responsibly.
—Joel Mosbacher, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2025
The universal 10% tariff amounts to a wide-ranging trade barrier that will touch every product that enters the U.S.
Trump said the measure would ensure foreign firms pay a price for benefits derived from the purchasing power of U.S. consumers.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for purchasing power
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“Purchasing power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purchasing%20power. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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