Refers to merchandise that you pick up for someone else while shopping for your own items, either because this other person is unable to travel to the store himself, or because he is not a paid member of the big-box outfit where his desired items are offered, and so he has asked you as a member to obtain the items for him at the warehouse's bulk-package discount.
I don't buy enough household consumables to justify the $89-per-year membership-fee that Sam's Club charges, so I just piggyback-purchase them through the large family down the street.
by QuacksO July 23, 2018
Get the piggyback-purchase mug.The period of socially acceptable time after a purchase, in which to freeload.
For example, time in which to use wi-fi / tables / sockets / toilets in a coffee house or restaurant, which extends from the point of ordering of a meal or drink, to the point at which one is asked to leave or the (usually justified) passive aggression of serving staff becomes a distraction to work. Length of time is proportional to value of the purchase, size of tip and quality of your small talk or flirting, with said staff.
For example, time in which to use wi-fi / tables / sockets / toilets in a coffee house or restaurant, which extends from the point of ordering of a meal or drink, to the point at which one is asked to leave or the (usually justified) passive aggression of serving staff becomes a distraction to work. Length of time is proportional to value of the purchase, size of tip and quality of your small talk or flirting, with said staff.
Bustling pointedly past my table for the 25th time in 10 minutes, the waiter eyed me unpleasantly and loudly mentioned to his colleague about how busy it seemed in here today. The purchase halo of my small filter coffee had long since dwindled below the locally acceptable dimensions: we were in the end-game now.
by coffeecoffeeblahblahblah September 9, 2018
Get the purchase halo mug.by Dog-Anesthesiologist September 21, 2018
Get the I will not be making a purchase mug.Purchasing is a business or a organization getting goods and or services to reach or accomplish some goals.
Purchasing Is buying something for what ever reason
Purchasing is basically Purchased with ing on the end and not the ed
Purchasing Is buying something for what ever reason
Purchasing is basically Purchased with ing on the end and not the ed
Me Purchasing a used computer from a guy that lives in his moms basement was a bad idea.
I like Purchasing Androids better than Iphones
I hate Purchasing Products brand new
I like Purchasing Androids better than Iphones
I hate Purchasing Products brand new
by bueno para nada hipopótamo April 23, 2019
Get the purchasing mug.To show off your wealth by buying something incredibly stupid, to buy something for its glamour rather than its practicality, flexity over quality
Luke: Hey man, that's a nice jacket, was that a flex purchase?
Liam: Yeah, this poor dude was standing next to me.
Liam: Yeah, this poor dude was standing next to me.
by ahsibfilm May 1, 2016
Get the flex purchase mug.My son saw my John Wayne Ranch jacket, and made fun of me for buying it. He purchase shamed me. I asked him, "Are you purchase shaming me?"
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