buy

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: buy

1	v n	obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction an advantageous purchase
2	v	accept as true

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: buy

“She buys for the big department store”

Antonyms:: sell
exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent; sell
be sold at a certain price or in a certain way; show more antonyms...

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; buy back, repurchase
buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away; take
buy, select; get
purchase; subscribe, subscribe to, take
receive or obtain regularly; buy out, buy up, take over
take over ownership of; of corporations and companies; pick up
buy casually or spontaneously; buy food, take out
purchase prepared food to be eaten at home; impulse-buy
buy on impulse without proper reflection

Type of:: acquire, get
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

“This sum will buy you a ride on the train”

Synonyms: purchase
obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction

Type of:: be
have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

“This judge can be bought”

Types:: sop
give a conciliatory gift or bribe to; buy off, pay off
pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor

“She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work”

Type of:: acquire, get
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

“the stock was a real buy at that price”

Types:: song
a very small sum; travel bargain
a bargain rate for travellers on commercial routes (usually air routes)

“I can't buy this story”

Launch

WORD FAMILY

USAGE EXAMPLES