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COUNT IN NET
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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buy

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

COUNT IN NET NET

52 in 47 verses (in OT : 37 in 34 verses) (in NT : 15 in 13 verses)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun buy has 1 sense

buy(n = noun.possession) bargain, steal - an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"

is a kind of purchase

has particulars: song, travel bargain

Derived forms verb buy₁, verb buy₃

Verb buy has 5 senses

buy(v = verb.possession) purchase - 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"

is one way to acquire, get

Derived forms noun buy₁, noun buyer₁, noun buying₁

Antonym: sell

Sample sentence:
The children buy the ball

buy(v = verb.possession) bribe, corrupt, grease one's palms - make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence; "This judge can be bought"

is one way to pay

Sample sentence:
Sam cannot buy Sue

buy(v = verb.stative) Array - be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a ride on the train"

is one way to

Derived form noun buy₁

Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

buy(v = verb.possession) Array - acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"

is one way to

acquire

get

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

buy(v = verb.cognition) Array - accept as true; "I can't buy this story"

is one way to

believe

Sample sentence:
They won't buy the story

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CIDE DICTIONARY

buy, v. t. [OE. buggen, buggen, bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS. buggean, Goth. bugjan.].

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. [1913 Webster]
"Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries." [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
"Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding." [1913 Webster]

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.

buy, v. i.

To negotiate or treat about a purchase. [1913 Webster]

"I will buy with you, sell with you." [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

buy, v. & n.
--v. (buys, buying; past and past part. bought)
1 tr. a obtain in exchange for money etc. b (usu. in neg.) serve to obtain (money can't buy happiness).
2 tr. a procure (the loyalty etc.) of a person by bribery, promises, etc. b win over (a person) in this way.
3 tr. get by sacrifice, great effort, etc. (dearly bought; bought with our sweat).
4 tr. sl. accept, believe in, approve of (it's a good scheme, I'll buy it; he bought it, he's so gullible).
5 absol. be a buyer for a store etc. (buys for Selfridges; are you buying or selling?).
--n. colloq. a purchase (that sofa was a good buy).

Idiom

best buy the purchase giving the best value in proportion to its price; a bargain. buy in
1 buy a stock of.
2 withdraw (an item) at auction because of failure to reach the reserve price. buy into obtain a share in (an enterprise) by payment. buy it (usu. in past) sl. be killed. buy off get rid of (a claim, a claimant, a blackmailer) by payment. buy oneself out obtain one's release (esp. from the armed services) by payment. buy out pay (a person) to give up an ownership, interest, etc. buy-out n. the purchase of a controlling share in a company etc. buy over bribe. buy time delay an event, conclusion, etc., temporarily.
buy up
1 buy as much as possible of.
2 absorb (another firm etc.) by purchase.

Etymology

OE bycgan f. Gmc

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THESAURUS

buy

abide by, accede, accept, accept for gospel, accept implicitly, acclaim, acquiesce, acquiesce in, acquire, advantageous purchase, agree, agree to, agree with, applaud, approach, assent, bargain, be certain, believe, believe without reservation, bribe, buy back, buy in, buy into, buy off, buy on credit, buy up, buying, buying power, buying up, catalog buying, cheer, coemption, complete a purchase, comply, consent, consumer power, consumer sovereignty, consumerism, corner, cornering, corrupt, credit, emption, engross, fix, get, get at, get to, give faith to, give the nod, good buy, good pennyworth, grease, grease the palm, hail, have, hire purchase, hold with, impulse buying, in toto, installment buying, lubricate, mail-order buying, make a buy, marketing, money illusion, monopolize, nod, nod assent, obtain, pay off, pennyworth, procure, purchase, purchasing, purchasing power, put faith in, reach, rebuy, rebuying, receive, redeem, regrate, repurchase, set store by, shopping, shopping spree, sop, square, steal, suborn, subscribe to, swallow, take, take care of, take for granted, take kindly to, take on faith, take on trust, take stock in, tamper with, tickle the palm, trust, vote for, welcome, window-shopping, yes, yield assent

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buy

Purchase

VB buy, purchase, invest in, procure, rent, repurchase, buy in, keep in one's pay, bribe, suborn, pay, spend, make a purchase, complete a purchase, buy over the counter, shop, market, go shopping.

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