About The Word Buy
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What's The Definition Of Buy?
[n] an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"
[v] accept as true; "I can't buy this story" [v] obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store" [v] acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work" [v] make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought" [v] be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a ride on the train" Synonyms | Synonyms for Buy: bargain | bribe | corrupt | purchase | steal Related Terms | Find terms related to Buy: abide by | accede | accept | accept for gospel | accept implicitly | acclaim | acquiesce | acquiesce in | acquire | advantageous purchase | agree | agree to | agree with | applaud | approach | assent | bargain | be certain | believe | believe without reservation | bribe | buy back | buy in | buy into | buy off | buy on credit | buy up | buying | buying power | buying up | catalog buying | cheer | coemption | complete a purchase | comply | consent | consumer power | consumer sovereignty | consumerism | corner | cornering | corrupt | credit | emption | engross | fix | get | get at | get to | give faith to | give the nod | good buy | good pennyworth | grease | grease the palm | hail | have | hire purchase | hold with | impulse buying | in toto | installment buying | lubricate | mail-order buying | make a buy | marketing | money illusion | monopolize | nod | nod assent | obtain | pay off | pennyworth | procure | purchase | purchasing | purchasing power | put faith in | reach | rebuy | rebuying | receive | redeem | regrate | repurchase | set store by | shopping | shopping spree | sop | square | steal | suborn | subscribe to | swallow | take | take care of | take for granted | take kindly to | take on faith | take on trust | take stock in | tamper with | tickle the palm | trust | vote for | welcome | window-shopping | yes | yield assent See Also | acquire | be | believe | buy food | buy in | buy off | buy out | buy up | choose | get | impulse-buy | pay | pay off | pick out | pick up | purchase | select | song | sop | stock | subscribe | subscribe to | take | take out | take over | travel bargain Buy In Webster's Dictionary \Buy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bought}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Buying}.] [OE. buggen, buggen, bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS.
buggean, Goth. bugjan.]
1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an
accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing
to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value;
to purchase; -- opposed to sell.
Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou
wilt sell thy necessaries. --B. Franklin.
2. To acquire or procure by something given or done in
exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or
sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain.
Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and
instruction, and understanding. --Prov. xxiii.
23.
{To buy again}. See {Againbuy}. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
{To buy off}.
(a) To influence to compliance; to cause to bend or yield
by some consideration; as, to buy off conscience.
(b) To detach by a consideration given; as, to buy off one
from a party.
{To buy out}
(a) To buy off, or detach from. --Shak.
(b) To purchase the share or shares of in a stock, fund,
or partnership, by which the seller is separated from
the company, and the purchaser takes his place; as, A
buys out B.
(c) To purchase the entire stock in trade and the good
will of a business.
{To buy in}, to purchase stock in any fund or partnership.
{To buy on credit}, to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in
law, to make payment at a future day.
{To buy the refusal} (of anything), to give a consideration
for the right of purchasing, at a fixed price, at a future
time.
\Buy\, v. i. To negotiate or treat about a purchase. I will buy with you, sell with you. --Shak. |
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