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spending spree

spending spree noun: an expensive series of purchases made in a short time.

Noun

spending spree (plural spending sprees)

  1. An expensive series of purchases made in a short time.
    • Yichun is a poor city in a poor province. The income of its residents was little more than half the national average last year. That hasn’t stopped the government from going on a spending spree. The new local police headquarters has a miniature dome reminiscent of that of St. Peter’s Basilica in...2011 July 16, Henry Sanderson, Michael Forsythe, “In China, loans lure city officials”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2023, Business
    Synonyms:
    shopping spree

Synonyms of spending spree

Forms of spending spree

pluralspending sprees

Questions about spending spree

What does spending spree mean?
Spending spree means an expensive series of purchases made in a short time.
What part of speech is spending spree?
Spending spree is a noun.
What is the plural of spending spree?
The plural of spending spree is spending sprees.

Words near spending spree in the dictionary

  1. spending a penny
  2. spending good money after bad
  3. spending money
  4. spending money like water
  5. spending power
  6. spending spree
  7. spending sprees
  8. spending time
  9. spending-money
  10. spendings
  11. spendless

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