purchasing power
noun
1
: the amount of money that a person or group has available to spend
Inflation decreases consumer purchasing 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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Instead, Trump’s unprecedented tariffs have squeezed businesses and begun to erode American consumers’ purchasing power.
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Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Global incomes are coming up, and this is increasing the purchasing power of billions of consumers.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
The vote means the roughly 75% of Irvine residents enrolled in the OCPA system will continue to have the option to choose renewable energy plans and access rebates through the program, rather than being limited to purchasing power exclusively from Southern California Edison.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
That’s good news for the many wage workers who have seen their purchasing power shrink as prices get higher, and companies get stingier with pay.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025
Global incomes are coming up, and this is increasing the purchasing power of billions of consumers.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
The vote means the roughly 75% of Irvine residents enrolled in the OCPA system will continue to have the option to choose renewable energy plans and access rebates through the program, rather than being limited to purchasing power exclusively from Southern California Edison.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
That’s good news for the many wage workers who have seen their purchasing power shrink as prices get higher, and companies get stingier with pay.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for purchasing power
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“Purchasing power.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purchasing%20power. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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