transitive verb
intransitive verb
-·bought′, -·buy′ing- to buy at less than the real value or asking price
- to buy more cheaply than (another or others)
- to buy less of (something) than is needed
underbuy
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underbuy
verb
un·der·bought, un·der·buy·ing, un·der·buysverb
transitive- To buy less (of something) than is needed.
- To buy something at a lower price than (a competitor).
verb
intransitiveTo buy less of something than is needed.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present underbuys, present participle underbuying, simple past and past participle underbought)
- To buy at less than the value of.
- To buy at less than the price of another.
- To buy too little.
Origin
From under- +"Ž buy.
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