What does BUY mean?
Definitions for BUY
baɪbuy
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word BUY.
Princeton's WordNet
bargain, buy, stealverb
an advantageous purchase
"she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"
buy, purchaseverb
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"
bribe, corrupt, buy, grease one's palmsverb
make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence
"This judge can be bought"
buyverb
be worth or be capable of buying
"This sum will buy you a ride on the train"
buyverb
acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange
"She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"
buyverb
accept as true
"I can't buy this story"
Wiktionary
buyverb
To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)
Etymology: From byen, biggen, buggen, from bycgan, from bugjanan, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from bhūgh-, or from bheugh-. Cognate with by, buggian, buggean, byggja, Gothic 0331033F0332033E0330033D.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To BUYverb
preter. I bought; I have bought.
Etymology: bicgean , Sax.
They must buy up no corn growing within twelve miles of Geneva, that so the filling of their magazines may not prejudice their market. Joseph Addison, on Italy.
I have bought
Golden opinions from all sorts of people. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.Pent to linger
But with a grain a day, I would not buy
Their mercy at the price of one fair word. William Shakespeare, Coriol.Pleasure with praise, and danger they would buy,
And with a foe that would not only fly. John Denham.You, and all the kings of christendom,
Are led so grossly by this meddling priest,
Dreading the curse that money may buy out. William Shakespeare, K. J.What pitiful things are power, rhetorick, or riches, when they would terrify, dissuade, or buy off conscience? South.
To Buyverb
To treat about a purchase.
I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.
ChatGPT
buy
To buy refers to the action of obtaining or purchasing something in exchange for money or its equivalent. This often involves a transaction between a buyer and a seller, where the buyer gives money to the seller for the ownership or use of a good, service, or asset.
Webster Dictionary
Buyverb
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
Buyverb
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
Buyverb
to negotiate or treat about a purchase
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Buy
bī, v.t. to purchase for money: to bribe: to obtain in exchange for something:—pr.p. buy′ing; pa.t. and pa.p. bought (bawt).—adj. Buy′able, capable of being bought.—n. Buy′er, one who buys, a purchaser.—Buy and sell (Shak.), to barter; Buy in, to purchase a stock: to buy back for the owner at an auction; Buy off, or out, to gain release from military service by payment of money; Buy over, to gain by bribery; Buy up, to purchase the whole stock. [A.S. bycgan; Goth. bugjan.]
Editors Contribution
buyverb
To purchase, trade or exchange. 0.) Bureau orbital period having the quality notes or its result. 1.) Obtain in exchange for payment. 2.) Except the truth of something or someone. 3.) Used to say that someone has died. An act of believing something.
I don't buy the act of liars every since I learned the truth about myself.
Etymology: #H900
Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on November 10, 2023
buy
To use a form of currency to purchase.
They did buy food every week at the supermarket.
Submitted by MaryC on February 24, 2020
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BUY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Buy is ranked #113155 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Buy surname appeared 155 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Buy.
47.1% or 73 total occurrences were White.
38% or 59 total occurrences were Asian.
9.6% or 15 total occurrences were Black.
4.5% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'BUY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #974
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'BUY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #359
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'BUY' in Verbs Frequency: #84
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of BUY in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of BUY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of BUY in a Sentence
Starting a trade war with our closest allies is the last thing we should be doing. No one wins in a trade war, especially hardworking families who may have to pay more for the goods they buy every day, if this starts an international trade war.
I think it gets easier to address that issue if we deal with some of the other issues first and that's why I've favored the sequential, individual bills, i think if people have real confidence that the law is being enforced, that we're not going to have this problem again, that there's real border security, I think you buy yourself more space and more flexibility in finally dealing with those that are here illegally.
If you want to go out and buy on your own, you have to be prepared to absorb the cost.
The rise in shares last week wasn't based on any improvement in corporate earnings. There's no reason not to buy bonds now.
In China, people buy low-priced smartphones from domestic brands and high-end phones from Apple or Huawei. Samsung has little hope there to revive its share.
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