Credit cards and checks are fine for bigger-ticket items, but they have never been practical for smaller, faster and more frequent purchases.

They are counting on obtaining lower prices from suppliers by making larger and more frequent purchases.

Rural customers were more likely to drive to town to make frequent smaller purchases rather than large orders from Chicago.

Small, frequent purchases of stocks can mean heavy paperwork if shares are sold, to determine the capital gains.

In 1985 industry executives said that Rice customers usually made more frequent and smaller purchases.

Nabisco thought mothers would buy bite-size graham crackers for their children without the guilt that restrains frequent purchases.

Male narcissism has taken on many forms over history but never before has it displayed itself in such frequent purchases of herbal mud mask tubes.

Fish can be caught in large amounts and sold in the markets as a supplement to the frequent purchases of rice.

"Apparel is a more frequent purchase for them."

And with the average price of a compact disc at $14.21, they contend that music is simply too expensive for frequent purchases.