multibuyn.adj.
/ˈmʌltɪbʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈməltiˌbaɪ/; see also multi- comb. form. A. n.
A discount offered on the purchase of two or more items together when compared to the price of the same items bought separately, usually as an offer in a supermarket, etc.; a promotion offering this discount on certain items.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > discount > [noun] > other money discounts
defalcation1622
early bird1906
no-claims bonus1933
trade-in1940
rate rebate1965
multibuy1985
1985 Marketing & Media Decisions (Nexis) Dec. 62 Big-ticket advertisers are lured with frequency discounts.., as well as a multi-buy that adds in the company's Four-Color Network and newspapers in three major markets.
1993 Super Marketing (Nexis) 9 Apr. 36 Italian food, generally, he says, lends itself to link promotions, like Parmesan cheese and spaghetti, or multibuys, competitions or leaflets.
1999 BBC Music Mag. Apr. 78 (advt.) Multi-buy can include any from the first release of 14 discs.
B. adj.
Offered or available as part of a multibuy; offering a discount on items bought together.
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society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > discount > [adjective]
multibuy1989
1989 DM News (Nexis) 1 Mar. 96 Meredith Corp. does apply a multibuy discount to its mail order clients.
1993 Super Marketing (Nexis) 2 Apr. 21 Multibuy promotions..where the purchase of products can be linked at the checkout so there's no need to site them together in-store.
1999 Courier Freshers Guide (Aberystwyth Univ. Students' Union) 32/3 While multibuy offers do represent value for money..don't over do them, you won't be very popular with your flat mates if you fill the freezer.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1985