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buy
[bahy]
verb (used with object)
to acquire the possession of, or the right to, by paying or promising to pay an equivalent, especially in money; purchase.
Antonyms:to acquire by exchange or concession.
to buy favor with flattery.
to hire or obtain the services of.
The Yankees bought a new center fielder.
to bribe.
Most public officials cannot be bought.
to be the monetary or purchasing equivalent of.
Ten dollars buys less than it used to.
Chiefly Theology.Ìıto redeem; ransom.
Cards.Ìıto draw or be dealt (a card).
He bought an ace.
Informal.Ìı
to accept or believe.
I don't buy that explanation.
to be deceived by.
He bought the whole story.
verb (used without object)
to be or become a purchaser.
noun
an act or instance of buying.
something bought or to be bought; purchase.
That coat was a sensible buy.
a bargain.
The couch was a real buy.
verb phrase
to purchase a share, interest, or membership in.
They tried to buy into the club but were not accepted.
to lower or reduce (the mortgage interest rate) by means of a buy-down.
to secure all of (an owner or partner's) share or interest in an enterprise.
She bought out an established pharmacist and is doing very well.
Also buy into.
to buy a supply of; accumulate a stock of.
to buy back one's own possession at an auction.
to undertake a buy-in.
to get rid of (a claim, opposition, etc.) by payment; purchase the noninterference of; bribe.
The corrupt official bought off those who might expose him.
to buy as much as one can of something or as much as is offered for sale.
He bought up the last of the strawberries at the fruit market.
buy
/ ²ú²¹Éª /
verb
to acquire by paying or promising to pay a sum of money or the equivalent; purchase
to be capable of purchasing
money can't buy love
to acquire by any exchange or sacrifice
to buy time by equivocation
(intr) to act as a buyer
to bribe or corrupt; hire by or as by bribery
slangÌıto accept as true, practical, etc
to purchase shares of (a company)
we bought into General Motors
(tr) theol (esp of Christ) to ransom or redeem (a Christian or the soul of a Christian)
slangÌıto be killed
noun
a purchase (often in the phrases good or bad buy )
Usage
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- buyable adjective
- nonbuying adjective
- prebuy verb (used with object)
- rebuy verb
- unbuyable adjective
- unbuying adjective
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of buy1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of buy1
Idioms and Phrases
buy it, to get killed.
He bought it at Dunkirk.
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
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A property owner could use the money from selling horns “to have more people on his property that can do security patrols, upgrade his fences or buy a helicopter to do surveillance,†Marais said.
"We had none of the rights of homeowners, and all the obligations of renters," said Diana, who together with her husband Chris, bought a shared ownership property in east London in February 2020.
Baier didn't buy it, pointing out that U.S. intelligence has found no proof of an Iranian nuclear weapons program.
King of the backflip Benson Boone had the most-streamed track in the world last year with Beautiful Things - earning enough money to buy his first house - but now he's ready to move on.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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