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Buy

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Noun

1. bargain, buy, steal

an advantageous purchase

Example Sentences:
'she got a bargain at the auction'
'the stock was a real buy at that price'

Verb

2. buy, purchase

obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction

Example Sentences:
'The family purchased a new car'
'The conglomerate acquired a new company'
'She buys for the big department store'

3. bribe, buy, corrupt, grease one's palms

make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

Example Sentences:
'This judge can be bought'

4. buy

be worth or be capable of buying

Example Sentences:
'This sum will buy you a ride on the train'

5. buy

acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange

Example Sentences:
'She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work'

6. buy

accept as true

Example Sentences:
'I can't buy this story'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Buy

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verbWord forms: buys, buying or bought (mainly tr)
1. 
to acquire by paying or promising to pay a sum of money or the equivalent; purchase
2. 
to be capable of purchasing
money can't buy love
3. 
to acquire by any exchange or sacrifice
to buy time by equivocation
4. (intransitive)
to act as a buyer
5. 
to bribe or corrupt; hire by or as by bribery
6. slang
to accept as true, practical, etc
7. (intransitive; foll by into)
to purchase shares of (a company)
we bought into General Motors
8. (transitive) theology
(esp of Christ) to ransom or redeem (a Christian or the soul of a Christian)
9.  have bought it
noun
10. 
a purchase (often in the phrases good or bad buy)

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Buy

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verb transitiveWord forms: bought or ˈbuying
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.  US, Slang
to accept as true, valid, practical, etc.
I can't buy this excuse
6.  Theology; Archaic
to redeem
verb intransitive
7. 
to buy something
8. 
to buy merchandise as a buyer
noun
9. 
the act of buying; a purchase
10. 
anything bought or buyable, esp. with reference to its worth as a bargain
a good (or bad) buy
11.  US, Informal
something worth the price; bargain

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Buy

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v. bought (bôt), buy·ing, buys
v.tr.
1. To acquire in exchange for money or its equivalent; purchase. See Note at boughten.
2. To be capable of purchasing: "Certainly there are lots of things in life that money won't buy" (Ogden Nash).
3. To acquire by sacrifice, exchange, or trade: wanted to buy love with gifts.
4. To bribe: tried to buy a judge.
5. Informal To accept the truth or feasibility of: The officer didn't buy my lame excuse for speeding.
v.intr.
To purchase something; act as a purchaser.
n.
1. Something bought or for sale; a purchase.
2. An act of purchasing: a drug buy.
3. Something that is underpriced; a bargain.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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