buying

transitive verb bought, buying

1. to get by paying or agreeing to pay money or some equivalent; purchase
2. to get as by an exchange: buy victory with human lives
3. to be the means of purchasing: all that money can buy
4. to bribe or hire as by bribing
5. ☆ Slang to accept as true, valid, practical, etc.: I can't buy this excuse
6. Theol., Archaic to redeem

intransitive verb

1. to buy something
2. to buy merchandise as a buyer

noun

1. the act of buying; a purchase
2. anything bought or buyable, esp. with reference to its worth as a bargain: a good (or bad) buy
3. ☆ Informal something worth the price; bargain