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Ooh! I love purchasing, initially getting cash out (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shopaholic

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'ooh i love purchasing initially getting cash out' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'ooh i love purchasing initially getting cash out' is the wordplay.
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
'getting' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
The first letters of 'love purchasing' is 'lp'.
'ooh'+'i'+'lp'+'cash'='oohilpcash'
'oohilpcash' is an anagram of 'SHOPAHOLIC'.

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(Other definitions for shopaholic that I've seen before include "Spending addict" , "Compulsive buyer" , "One compulsively in need of retail therapy" , "Compulsive purchaser" .)

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