buying power

noun

: the amount of money that a person or group has available to spend : purchasing power
Inflation decreases consumer buying power.
a multinational corporation with a tremendous amount of buying power

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So Noble Mobile has a chance to save Americans billions of dollars and get buying power back in their hands. Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025 Main street investor sentiment is often used as a contrarian indicator, with rising bullishness sometimes signaling an exhaustion of buying power out of a belief that most purchases have already been made, leaving less cash on the sidelines to put to work in the market. Sean Conlon,pia Singh, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025 During the past 25 years, consumers have lost a tremendous amount of buying power to inflation. Mike Patton, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 But that was only a 13% boost to buying power. Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for buying power

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“Buying power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buying%20power. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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