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What’s “splurge”?

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Rebecca

'Splurge' is used informally, both as a noun and a verb, meaning 'an act of spending money freely'. So, 'to splurge a little more at Starbucks' means that people will choose to spend more money freely at Starbucks. Ex: Some people like to go on a splurge near Christmas. Ex: He splurged a lot of money on luxury brands.

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