pink pound

pink pound
   the purchasing power of homosexuals
   A version of the coloured currencies which trade at a rate outside that dictated by the open market, of which the European agricultural green pound, reflecting the distortions and intricacies of the Common Agricultural Policy, is an example. The pink is from the traditional colour of the boudoir, and the usage reflects the higher spending power of those without families to support:
    The pink pound is going from strength to strength. (Daily Telegraph, 11 March 1995)

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  • Pink pound — is a term describing the purchasing power of the LGBT community in Britain. (Occasionally, the similarly termed blue pound is used specifically for lesbians). In the United States, this spending is known as the pink dollar.The British gay market… …   Wikipedia

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  • pink pound — n [singular] BrE the money that people who are ↑homosexual have available to spend ▪ Companies are trying to attract the pink pound …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pink pound — (UK) In the UK, the pink pound is an idiom for the economic power of gay people …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • pink pound — noun The spending power attributed to homosexuals as a market sector • • • Main Entry: ↑pink …   Useful english dictionary

  • pink pound — (UK)    In the UK, the pink pound is an idiom for the economic power of gay people.   (Dorking School Dictionary) …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • Pink pound —   (UK)   In the UK, the pink pound is an idiom for the economic power of gay people …   Dictionary of English idioms

  • pink pound, the — noun BRITISH the money spent by gay people as a group …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pink pound — noun The business generated by providing goods and services to the homosexual community. Syn: Dorothy dollar, pink dollar …   Wiktionary

  • pink pound — Noun. Disposable income that gays ostensibly have through not having the financial expense of children …   English slang and colloquialisms

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