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   buy

   /bʌɪ/

   verb

   • 1. obtain in exchange for payment: "she bought six first-class stamps" Similar purchasemake a/the purchase ofacquireobtaingetpick upsnap uptakesecureprocurecome bypay forshop forinvest input money intoinformal:get hold ofget one's hands onlay one's hands onget one's mitts onscoreOpposite sell
   • ▪ procure the loyalty and support of (someone) by bribery: "here was a man who could not be bought" Similar bribebuy offpay offsuborngive an inducement tocorruptinformal:grease someone's palmgive someone a backhandergive someone a sweetenerkeep someone sweetget atfixsquarenobble
   • ▪ be a means of obtaining (something) through exchange or payment: "money can't buy happiness"
   • ▪ get by sacrifice or great effort: "greatness is dearly bought"
   • ▪ be a buyer for a store or firm.
   • 2. accept the truth of: informal "I am not prepared to buy the claim that the ends justify the means"

   noun

   • 1. a purchase: "wine is rarely a good buy in duty-free shops"
   • ▪ an act of purchasing something: "a drug buy"

   Word Origin Old Englishbycgan, of Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   • When you buy something, you get it by paying money for it. The past tense and -ed participle of buy is bought. I'm going to buy everything that I need today. He bought a first-class ticket.

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   • comprar, acreditar… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! BUY definition: 1. to get something by paying money for it: 2. to pay someone so that they do what you want or do…. Learn more.

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   What is the difference between buy and purchase?

   • He bought it at Dunkirk. Buy, purchase imply obtaining or acquiring property or goods for a price. Buy is the common and informal word, applying to any such transaction: to buy a house, vegetables at the market. Purchase is more formal and may connote buying on a larger scale, in a finer store, and the like: to purchase a year's supplies.

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   When you buy something, you pay money in order to own or obtain it. You might buy your mom a big bouquet of flowers for her birthday.

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