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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Municipal utilities are largely unregulated, which makes misjudgments in purchasing power contracts a serious risk to local ratepayers.
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026
Bitcoin moves against sterling but sterling also loses purchasing power over time.
—Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
But both can help preserve your money’s purchasing power.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
Its job is to maintain and grow purchasing power.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 16 June 2026
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Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2026
Bitcoin moves against sterling but sterling also loses purchasing power over time.
—Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
But both can help preserve your money’s purchasing power.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
Its job is to maintain and grow purchasing power.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 16 June 2026
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 24 Jun. 2026.
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