nnoun.actthe act of buyingSynset:buying
Examples:- buying and selling fill their days
- shrewd purchasing requires considerable knowledge
Derivationally Related Form:purchasebuy
Hypernyms:purchase
Inherited Hypernyms:buyingpurchaseacquisitionacquiringacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:catalog buyingmail-order buyingshoppingviaticationviaticus
Full Hyponyms:mail-order buyingmarketingshoppingviatication
vverb.possessionobtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transactionTopic:commercecommercialismmercantilism
Synset:buy purchase
Examples:- The family purchased a new car
- The conglomerate acquired a new company
- She buys for the big department store
Antonyms:sell
Derivationally Related Form:buybuyingpurchaserbuyerpurchasingpurchase
Hypernyms:acquire get
Inherited Hypernyms:buyget
Direct Hyponyms:buy backbuy foodbuy outbuy upgetimpulse-buypick uprepurchasesubscribesubscribe totaketake outtake over
Entailment:choose pay pick out select take
Full Troponyms:buy backgetimpulse-buypick upsubscribetaketake outtake over
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something from somebody | Somebody ---s | The children --- the ball (apply to: purchase, buy)