| 单词 | panic-buy |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspanic-buy panic-buy v. transitive and intransitive to buy (large quantities of a commodity) in sudden alarm at an anticipated shortage. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (intransitive)] > panic-buy panic-buy1969 society > trade and finance > buying > buy [verb (transitive)] > panic-buy panic-buy1969 1969 Times 19 Nov. 26/3 Housewives began panic buying last month after newspaper warnings of a poor crop and higher prices. 1974 Sc. Daily Express 14 Oct. 1/6 But one grocery chain manager stressed last night there was no immediate need for customers to panic buy as stocks were high and many stores' supplies were still unaffected by the strike. 1987 Daily Tel. 21 Oct. 10/6 The storm impact would mean prices could go up a little, but ‘not enough to cause people to go out and panic-buy’, she said. < as lemmas |
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