buy
IPA: bˈaɪ
noun
- Something which is bought; a purchase.
verb
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
- (transitive, ditransitive) To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
- (transitive, archaic) To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).
- (transitive) To bribe.
- (transitive) To be equivalent to in value.
- (transitive, informal) to accept as true; to believe
- (intransitive) To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
- (poker slang, transitive) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
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Examples of "buy" in Sentences
- Don't be a snob, buy vintage
- She shops to buy stockinettes.
- There is no impulsion to buy the clothes.
- He humbugged a person into buying rubbish.
- Citizens pay VAT everytime they buy products.
- Buy several grams of the oxide of the element.
- Government and varsities are on property buying spree.
- People would pay millions to buy an auriferous diamond.
- Miranda buys the dishwasher, takes it to the beach, and opens it.
- The buyer must buy the farm and the animals and take care of them.