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buy into
buy B0590450 (bī)v. bought (bôt), buy·ing, buys v.tr.1. To acquire in exchange for money or its equivalent; purchase. See Note at boughten.2. To be capable of purchasing: "Certainly there are lots of things in life that money won't buy" (Ogden Nash).3. To acquire by sacrifice, exchange, or trade: wanted to buy love with gifts.4. To bribe: tried to buy a judge.5. Informal To accept the truth or feasibility of: The officer didn't buy my lame excuse for speeding.v.intr. To purchase something; act as a purchaser.n.1. Something bought or for sale; a purchase.2. An act of purchasing: a drug buy.3. Something that is underpriced; a bargain.Phrasal Verbs: buy down To pay an upfront fee to reduce (an interest rate) over part or all of the term of a loan. buy into1. To acquire a stake or interest in: bought into a risky real estate venture.2. Informal To believe in, especially wholeheartedly or uncritically: couldn't buy into that brand of conservatism. buy off To bribe (an official, for example) in order to secure improper cooperation or gain exemption from a regulation or legal consequence. buy out To purchase the entire stock, business rights, or interests of. buy up To purchase all that is available of.Idioms: buy it Slang To be killed. buy the farm Slang To die, especially suddenly or violently. buy time To increase the time available for a specific purpose: "A moderate recovery thus buys time for Congress and the Administration to whittle the deficit" (G. David Wallace).
[Middle English bien, beyen, from Old English bycgan, byg-; akin to Gothic bugjan, from Germanic *bugjanan, of unknown origin.]
buy′a·ble adj.buy into vb (intr, preposition) 1. to agree with or accept as valid (an argument, theory, etc)2. informal Austral and NZ to get involved in (an argument, fight, etc)Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | buy into - buy stocks or shares of a companyinvesting, investment - the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profitinvest, commit, put, place - make an investment; "Put money into bonds" |
Translationsbuy into
buy into (something)1. To make a financial investment in a business or similar venture. I refuse to buy into my brother's latest scheme because I highly doubt it will ever make a penny—let alone millions.2. To believe in and support an idea, concept, or system. Rod's a good enough coach, but he just can't get the players to buy into his system. We can't approach the CEO with our idea for overhauling the computer system until we get our boss to buy into it first.See also: buybuy intoPurchase a membership, a share, or an interest in something. For example, I'd love to buy into this partnership, but I can't afford it. [First half of 1600s] See also: buybuy intov.1. To acquire a stake or interest in something, especially a business or organization: I bought into a risky real estate venture, and fortunately I didn't lose any money.2. To believe in something, especially wholeheartedly or uncritically: I can't buy into your brand of politics.See also: buybuy into, toTo believe in, to take for real. This phrase transfers the purchasing of a membership or stake in something to an uncritical acceptance. The British newspaper Telegraph headlined an article by Jenny McCartney that criticized the former British prime minister’s awards and other accolades, “Why Does the World Buy into Tony Blair?” (July 3, 2010).See also: buyEncyclopediaSeebuy inLegalSeeBuyFinancialSeebuybuy into
Related to buy into: run by, bring up, stand pat, arise fromWords related to buy intoverb buy stocks or shares of a companyRelated Words- investing
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