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purchasing power
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purchasing power
(noun)
purchasing power
noun
purchasing power
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of PURCHASING POWER
[
noncount
]
1
:
the amount of money that a person or group has available to spend
Inflation decreases consumer
purchasing power
.
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called also
buying 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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