Today's government action could limit the hoarding of Cipro, but Bayer has already tried to discourage such purchases.

Safety experts say that higher gasoline taxes could discourage such purchases.

A falling dollar often discourages foreign purchases of stocks or other assets because investors fear for the value of their holdings.

Cold weather discourages purchases of new spring merchandise, but no one wants to buy winter season leftovers, either.

Now, the smallest candy bar seems to take a pocketful of change, which discourages purchases.

It claims the higher sales tax will discourage purchases of flowers, while the energy tax will drive up its costs.

Another withdrawn proposal would have discouraged purchases of short- term and floating-rate tax-exempt issues by corporations.

A proposal that would have increased the alternative minimum tax and further discouraged purchases of tax-exempt bonds by insurance companies was also withdrawn.

Taxes on items people buy theoretically discourage such purchases and make saving more appealing.

While in many cases the customer rather than the shipper pays for parcel delivery, higher shipping charges can discourage purchases.