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panic buying

panic buying noun: the buying of commodities or other assets earlier than normal, or in quantities greater than normal, because of rumours of coming shortages or price rises.

Noun

panic buying (usually uncountable, plural panic buyings)

  1. (usually) The buying of commodities or other assets earlier than normal, or in quantities greater than normal, because of rumours of coming shortages or price rises.

panic buying meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

panic buying in Tamil

பயமேலீட்டு முதலீடுசெய்தல்

panic buying in Vietnamese

buying of commodities earlier than normal
mua sắm do sợ hãi, mua sắm do lo sợ

Forms of panic buying

pluralpanic buyings

Questions about panic buying

What does panic buying mean?
Panic buying means the buying of commodities or other assets earlier than normal, or in quantities greater than normal, because of rumours of coming shortages or price rises.
What is panic buying in Tamil?
Panic buying in Tamil is பயமேலீட்டு முதலீடுசெய்தல். See Panic buying meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is panic buying?
Panic buying is a noun.
What is the plural of panic buying?
The plural of panic buying is panic buyings.

Words near panic buying in the dictionary

  1. panic bars
  2. panic button
  3. panic buttons
  4. panic buyer
  5. panic buyers
  6. panic buying
  7. panic buyings
  8. panic disorder
  9. panic disorders
  10. panic door
  11. panic doors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: panic buying (page history and authors); panic buying (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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