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buy
I. \ˈbī\ verb
(bought \ˈbȯt, usu -ȯd.+V\ ; bought ; buying ; buys)
Etymology: Middle English byen (past boughte, past participle bought, ybought), from Old English bycgan (past bohte, past participle boht, geboht); akin to Old Saxon buggean to buy (past participle giboht), Gothic bugjan (past bauhta, past participle -bauhts), and perhaps to Old High German biogan to bend — more at bow
transitive verb
1. : to get possession or ownership of by giving or agreeing to give money in exchange : purchase — opposed to sell
2. : to obtain at a price of sacrifice
< buying peace at the sacrifice of sovereignty >
< fame is dearly bought at the cost of honor >
3. : to pay the price for so as to free : redeem especially by a ransom — used chiefly in a theological sense
< He that bought us with his blood >
4. : to gain the support or obedience of by an inducement : bribe, hire
< buy a public official >
— often used with over
< whether they would go to jail or buy over the jury when the Act began to operate — H.J.Laski >
5. : to be the purchasing equivalent of
< $2000 will buy this land >
< the dollar buys less than it used to >
6. : to obtain for cash or other consideration the rights to the services of : to take over the contract of
< if a baseball club cannot get players in trades it must buy them >
7. card games : to obtain (a specified card or cards) by drawing or from a widow
8. slang : believe
< I won't buy any part of that explanation >
: accept, approve
< whether Britain … would buy that compromise … remained to be seen — Time >
intransitive verb
: to perform the act of buying something
< the buying public >
< the advantages of catalog buying >
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- buy it
- buy on a scale
II. noun
(-s)
1. : an act of buying : purchase
< make a buy of wheat >
2. : a thing bought or to be bought : something of value at a favorable price; especially : bargain
< this stock is a good buy at the current asking price >
III. verb
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- buy the farm |