buying

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Variant of buy

buy definition

buy (bī)

transitive verb bought, buying buy′·ing

  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

Etymology: ME bien < OE bycgan < ? IE base of bow

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

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buy Idioms

buy in

  1. to buy a share of or shares in
  2. to buy back (an item) at an auction by a final, high bid when the other bids are much too low: said as of the orig. owner
  3. Slang to pay money so as to become a participant, member, etc.

buy into

  1. buy in (senses & ) (see phrase above)
  2. ☆ Slang buy ()

buy it

Slang to die; specif., to be killed

buy off

to bribe

buy out

to buy all the stock, business rights, etc. of

buy time

gain time (sense ) (at time)

buy up

to buy all of or all that is available of

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

buying Synonyms

buying

n.

purchasing, getting, obtaining, acquiring, paying, shopping, marketing, investing, exchange, bartering, bargaining, procuring, ordering, trafficking, consumerism.

Antonyms selling*, vending, auctioning.


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