big-ticket

Example Sentences

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Even so, it has been clear for many years that the likely cost of just one big-ticket item — healthcare — dwarfs what most people have salted away for retirement.

From MarketWatch

Bar directors know such prices can elicit scoffs of disbelief, but they justify the big-ticket tipples by comparing them to special-occasion items at restaurants.

From The Wall Street Journal

The drop continues a slide booked at the end of last year and suggests buyers in the eurozone’s second-largest economy remain cautious about splashing out on big-ticket items like new cars.

From The Wall Street Journal

While the consumer-goods subsidies helped raise spending temporarily, the payoff has stalled now that many shoppers have already used the subsidies to make big-ticket purchases.

From The Wall Street Journal

Consumers increasingly indicated that they were not planning on big-ticket purchases in the next six months as well, suggesting that they are becoming more selective in their spending.

From Barron's