Consumerism

Someone with a compulsive buying disorder is usually described as a ...

• compulsive buyer

• shopaholic

• cheapskate

Someone who doesn't like to spend money is a ...

• cheapskate

• spendthrift

• bargain

A sum of money that you borrow is a ...

• loan

• promotion

• bargain

... is the favourite pastime of all New Yorkers.

• Bargain hunting

• Retail therapy

• Window shopping

• A person who is looking for goods that are good value for money, usually because they are being sold at prices that are lower than usual is a ...

• consumer

• • bargain hunter

• shopaholic

Do you usually pay ... or by credit card?

• in cash

• on cash

• by cash

I bought... things yesterday.

• much

• lots of

• many

They have ... money! That's why they've asked for a loan.

• any

• much

• no

Publicity doesn't have ... influence on my shopping habits.

• many

• much

• no

There is ... evidence that publicity leads to a shopping disorder.

• lot of

• any

• little