| 单词 | high-ticket item |
| 释义 | > as lemmashigh-ticket item high-ticket adj. colloquial (originally U.S.) (of consumer goods, merchandise, etc.) highly priced or whose purchase would constitute a major expense; chiefly in high-ticket item; cf. big ticket n. (b) at big adj. and adv. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1943 D. L. Cohn Love in Amer. iv. 113 If household machinery is to be bought, he [sc. the husband] may be called in as counsel because..the purchase of ‘high-ticket’ merchandise causes the family budget to run a high fever. 1946 Nation's Business Jan. 7/3 The catalog houses, of course, suffered severe setback [sic] when the war wiped out hard goods which were their high ticket items. 1986 Billboard 27 Dec. 90/1 Customers are wrapping up high-ticket purchases in order to take advantage of sales tax deductions before the new tax law takes effect. 2008 Bournemouth Echo (Nexis) 28 Feb. Retailers..that sell high ticket items like furniture and carpets are worst hit because the consumer is holding back from spending large amounts of cash. < as lemmas |
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