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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
buy
n 1: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the
auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn:
bargain, buy, steal]
v 1: obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial
transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The
conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big
department store" [syn: buy, purchase] [ant: sell]
2: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence;
"This judge can be bought" [syn: bribe, corrupt, buy,
grease one's palms]
3: be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a
ride on the train"
4: acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy
his love with her dedication to him and his work"
5: accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Buy \Buy\, v. i.
To negotiate or treat about a purchase.
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I will buy with you, sell with you. --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Buy \Buy\ (b[imac]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bought (b[add]t); p.
pr. & vb. n. Buying (b[imac]"[i^]ng).] [OE. buggen, buggen,
bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS. buggean, Goth. bugjan.]
1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an
accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing
to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value;
to purchase; -- opposed to sell.
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Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou
wilt sell thy necessaries. --B. Franklin.
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2. To acquire or procure by something given or done in
exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or
sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain.
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Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and
instruction, and understanding. --Prov. xxiii.
23.
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To buy again. See Againbuy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
To buy off.
(a) To influence to compliance; to cause to bend or yield
by some consideration; as, to buy off conscience.
(b) To detach by a consideration given; as, to buy off one
from a party.
To buy out
(a) To buy off, or detach from. --Shak.
(b) To purchase the share or shares of in a stock, fund,
or partnership, by which the seller is separated from
the company, and the purchaser takes his place; as, A
buys out B.
(c) To purchase the entire stock in trade and the good
will of a business.
To buy in, to purchase stock in any fund or partnership.
To buy on credit, to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in
law, to make payment at a future day.
To buy the refusal (of anything), to give a consideration
for the right of purchasing, at a fixed price, at a future
time.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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