"No one needs a second home, so looking at it as a good investment is a way of justifying buying it," he said.

But with little economic news to justify buying the issue, buyers' reluctance was apparent.

In addition, the cards on sale are eye-catching, unusual and just the thing when I can't justify buying a book.

"Their varied collection of assets makes it hard for a single buyer to justify buying them."

I can't even justify buying a copy of Final Cut Express.

Or, 'How can you justify buying this when you have yet to fund your trust accounts?'

Some analysts think the high initial costs may make it difficult for banks, in a period of slack earnings, to justify buying this new technology.

Then there are analysts who say it is all a simple matter of bond yields having fallen too low to justify buying more of them.

"Accounts wanted to see a more favorable number to justify buying back securities they probably sold over the last month."

IF you are holding to a tight food budget, it is often difficult to justify buying fish, which tends to be expensive.