spending spree
spending money (buying lots of things)
TRANSLATION
der Kaufrausch, der Großeinkauf, die Einkaufsorgie
STATISTICS
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"This fever in Japan echoed the SPENDING SPREE going on in the US and Europe. But Japanese venture capital groups - Softbank and Hikari included - tended to invest less money in more companies than their US and European counterparts."
(Financial Times Survey - Global Venture Capital - 2000)
(Financial Times Survey - Global Venture Capital - 2000)
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spending spree
Etymologists have suggested that the word SPREE comes from the Scots word spreath, "cattle raid". The word spree is first recorded in a poem in Scots dialect in 1804 in the sense of 'a lively outing'. This sense is closely connected with a sense recorded soon afterward (in 1811), 'a drinking activity', while the familiar sense 'an overindulgence in an activity', as in a spending spree, is recorded in 1849.
Here are the three meanings of SPREE given by The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
1. A carefree, lively outing.
2. A drinking bout.
3. A sudden indulgence in or outburst of an activity.
As in today's example we often use this word in the phrase "spending spree".
May your finances allow you to have one, occasionally :)
Etymologists have suggested that the word SPREE comes from the Scots word spreath, "cattle raid". The word spree is first recorded in a poem in Scots dialect in 1804 in the sense of 'a lively outing'. This sense is closely connected with a sense recorded soon afterward (in 1811), 'a drinking activity', while the familiar sense 'an overindulgence in an activity', as in a spending spree, is recorded in 1849.
Here are the three meanings of SPREE given by The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
1. A carefree, lively outing.
2. A drinking bout.
3. A sudden indulgence in or outburst of an activity.
As in today's example we often use this word in the phrase "spending spree".
May your finances allow you to have one, occasionally :)
