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    buy
    /bī/

    verb

    • 1. obtain in exchange for payment: "he bought me a new dress" Similar purchasemake a/the purchase ofacquireobtainOpposite sell
    • 2. accept the truth of: informal "I am not prepared to buy the claim that the ends justify the means"

    noun

    • 1. a purchase: "the wine is a good buy at $3.49"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › buyBuy Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of BUY is to acquire possession, ownership, or rights to the use or services of by payment especially of money : purchase. How to use buy in a sentence.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBUY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    to pay someone or do something for someone, so that that person does not tell anyone something that they know about and that you want to remain secret: What will we have to do to buy her silence? See more. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. buy verb (BELIEVE) [ T ] informal. to believe that something is true:

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › buyBUY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    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. Discover More.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › buyBuy - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    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.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBUY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    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.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishbuy verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes |...

    Definition of buy verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › buyBuy - definition of buy by The Free Dictionary

    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.

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishBUY | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    BUY definition: 1. to get something by paying money for it: 2. something good that you buy for a cheap price: . Learn more.

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishbuy noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes |...

    Definition of buy noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › buybuy | meaning of buy in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

    buy meaning, definition, what is buy: to get something by paying money for it...: Learn more.

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