Definitions for Buy
baɪbuy

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. bargain, buy, stealverb

   an advantageous purchase

   "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"

2. 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"

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

   make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence

   "This judge can be bought"

4. buyverb

   be worth or be capable of buying

   "This sum will buy you a ride on the train"

5. buyverb

   acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange

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

6. buyverb

   accept as true

   "I can't buy this story"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. buyverb

   To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a meal)

2. 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
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Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To BUYverb

   preter. I bought; I have bought.

   Etymology: bicgean , Sax.

   1. To purchase; to acquire by paying a price; to obtain for money, or something equivalent; to gain by sale, not gift or theft.

   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.

   2. To procure some advantage by something that deserves it, or at some price.

   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.

   3. To manage by money.

   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.

2. 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.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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

2. 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

3. Buyverb

   to negotiate or treat about a purchase

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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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1. BUY

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

Matched Categories

1. • Be
   • Believe
   • Commerce
   • Crime
   • Get
   • Pay

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Buy' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #974

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Buy' in Written Corpus Frequency: #359

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Buy' in Verbs Frequency: #84

How to pronounce Buy?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Buy in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Buy in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Buy in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Buy in a Sentence

1. Henry Holt:

   Any man with a moderate income can afford to buy more books than he can read in a lifetime.

2. Sandra Bell:

   If shoppers don’t buy fakes.

3. South African:

   There is also close collaboration between the AU team and the World Bank to ensure that member states are able to access about $5 billion either to buy more vaccines or pay for delivery of vaccines committed on their behalf by Afreximbank.

4. Scott Hagerstrom:

   You can't bring a motorboat on a lake, but you can bring a canoe. You can't go to a bunch of stores, but you can buy marijuana.

5. Energy Aspects analyst Trevor Sikorksi:

   The ability to buy LNG from the U.S. (and other places) probably means that (Britain) will be able to manage through a normal winter, but the markets could get a bit jumpy if it is a cold winter and we have no Rough.

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