purchasing power

English

Noun

purchasing power (uncountable)

1. (economics) The amount of goods and services that can be bought with a unit of currency.

   The exchange rates do not always reflect true differences in the purchasing power of currencies.

   • 2013 June 1, “Towards the end of poverty”, in The Economist‎^[1], volume 407, number 8838, page 11:

     But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.

2. (economics) The amount of goods and services that can be bought by consumers; available income; spending power.

   High interest rates are affecting the purchasing power of homeowners.

3. (business) The ability of a large collective or company to negotiate more favourable prices and terms than a smaller group or company.

   Large supermarkets usually have better purchasing power than small, local shops.

Synonyms

• buying power

Derived terms

• purchasing power parity

 

Translations

amount of goods and services that can be purchased with a unit of currency

• Arabic: قُدْرَة شِرائِيَّة f (qudra(t) širāʔiyya)
• Azerbaijani: alıcılıq qabiliyyəti, alıcılıq qüvvəsi, alıcı qabiliyyəti, alıcı qüvvəsi
• Catalan: poder adquisitiu m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 購買力／购买力 (zh) (gòumǎilì)

• Czech: kupní síla (cs) f
• Danish: købekraft c
• Dutch: koopkracht (nl) f
• Estonian: ostujõud
• Faroese: keypsorka f
• Finnish: ostovoima (fi)
• French: pouvoir d’achat (fr) m
• Georgian: მსყიდველობითი უნარი (msq̇idvelobiti unari)
• German: Kaufkraft (de) f
• Greek: αγοραστική δύναμη (el) f (agorastikí dýnami)
• Hungarian: vásárlóerő (hu)
• Icelandic: kaupmáttur (is) m
• Indonesian: daya beli (id)
• Italian: potere d'acquisto (it) m
• Japanese: 購買力 (ja) (こうばいりょく, kōbai-ryoku)
• Korean: 구매력(購買力) (ko) (gumaeryeok)
• Latvian: pirktspēja f
• Malay: kuasa beli
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjøpekraft m or f

  Nynorsk: kjøpekraft f

• Polish: siła nabywcza f
• Portuguese: poder de compra m
• Romanian: putere de cumpărare (ro) f
• Russian: покупа́тельная спосо́бность f (pokupátelʹnaja sposóbnostʹ)
• Spanish: poder adquisitivo (es)
• Swedish: köpkraft (sv) c
• Turkish: alım gücü (tr)
• Ukrainian: купіве́льна спромо́жність f (kupivélʹna spromóžnistʹ)

income available to households

• Arabic: قُدْرَة شِرائِيَّة f (qudra(t) širāʔiyya)
• Azerbaijani: alıcılıq qabiliyyəti, alıcı qabiliyəti, alıcılıq qüvvəsi, alıcı qüvvəsi
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 購買力／购买力 (zh) (gòumǎilì)

• Dutch: koopkracht (nl) m
• Finnish: ostovoima (fi)
• French: pouvoir d’achat (fr) m
• German: Kaufkraft (de) f
• Indonesian: daya beli (id)
• Malay: kuasa beli
• Persian: قدرت خرید (qodrat-e xarid)
• Polish: dostępny dochód m
• Portuguese: poder aquisitivo m, poder de compra m
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: alım gücü (tr)

ability of company

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 購買力／购买力 (zh) (gòumǎilì)

• Finnish: hankintavoima
• German: Einkaufsmacht f
• Indonesian: daya beli (id)
• Malay: kuasa beli
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• earning power