Definition of buy in English:

buy

verbbuys, bought, buying bʌɪbaɪ

[with object]

1Obtain in exchange for payment.
she bought six first-class stamps
he had been able to buy up hundreds of acres
with two objects he bought me a new frock
no object homeowners who buy into housing developments
Example sentencesExamples
- Then look at the share of houses that are being bought for investment purposes only.
- I've just started buying property and bought my first about six months ago.
- Several institutional investors are also still buying into the sector and see property as a safer bet to match long-term annuity liabilities.
- We are of the view that time is now to look for money to buy up the bumper harvest.
- If they can sell a large home and buy into a village, it frees up capital for them to buy a new car, travel, or go overseas.
- Investors buying into the market are finding attractive returns.
- I know one smart one who saved all her money from 2 years of bar work and bought herself a house in a nice subdivision in Pattaya.
- The money may not buy much but you will get paid back your original investment.
- The cooker they bought six months ago no longer has a light in the oven so they can see if their roast is done.
- He said people bought him drinks during the night but he would only take a sip and then put them aside.
- Let's buy up tracts of vulnerable mangrove lands and begin securing at least the future.
- More importantly, I had some exciting bruises to flash around, and heaps of people felt sorry for me and bought me drinks.
- A reporter at a police station was told that if she was buying a house she could obtain the police information she wanted from from her realtor.
- Then he said that he's going to support me through college and buy me a car and whatever - if I did what he wanted.
- Did you log on and buy up the maximum allocation of six tickets per person?
- There was talk of marriage and of pooling their money to buy an even grander house.
- It was their intention to buy up the supply and then sell it in coffee shops.
- In order to buy the house some money that my Grandfather had stashed away for myself and my brothers was used as part of the deposit.
- The best thing that a young person can do is to stay in school and invest the money that they have: buy a house, own land.
- The yen that are bought, are then exchanged for U.S. dollars, or euros, or other currencies.
Synonyms
purchase, make a/the purchase of, acquire, obtain, get, pick up, snap up
take, secure, procure, come by, pay for, shop for
invest in, put money into
informal get hold of, get one's hands on, lay one's hands on, get one's mitts on, score
1. 1.1buy someone out Pay someone to give up an ownership, interest, or share.
  when their affair ended, she bought him out
  Example sentencesExamples
  Alternatively, they may be happy to buy the house with you on the understanding that you will buy them out of their share later when you can afford it or that they get a share of any growth in value when you sell up.
  Watchdogs are calling for an investigation after it emerged that firms are effectively bribing staff with thousands of pounds in cash offers to buy them out of their pension schemes.
  The company has decided it would be cheaper to buy them out rather than send them the dividend.
  When you see a sold stock run, you will think of everything bad: It's going straight to $40, someone is going to buy them out, they're going to cure cancer tomorrow, etc, etc.
  Such ‘discounts’ can attract the unwanted attention of opportunists and arbitrageurs who buy up the shares and then attempt to make a quick profit by forcing companies to buy them out for a higher price.
  Your little company may be nothing but a flea in a corporate elephant's patch of jungle but just how much might the elephant be willing to pay to be rid of you, or to buy you out?
  Angling organisations have for years forecast serious threats to salmon stocks and now are calling on the Government to reduce the quota given to drift net fishermen or to buy them out completely.
  Even if you couldn't afford to buy them out totally, you could become a seriously difficulty to them continuing to manufacture the weapons.
  Of course, this wouldn't keep people from buying them out of town, but presumably its backers would like to see similar law enacted in other cities, too.
  Several of the clubs had been approached by developers interested in buying them out - one steward describing them as ‘circling sharks’.
  If somebody else innovates and it becomes successful they might try to buy them out or jump on the bandwagon, but if innovation threatens that guaranteed income they squash it and that's that.
  The same people who complain of our speed in spreading salvation and saving men would all want to buy shares, become our partners or buy us out.
  It attracts someone's attention, they buy you out and spend billions in development.
  My parents and the parents of all my childhood neighbors and rural classmates have moved to town to ‘retire’ once their kids are old enough to buy them out.
  Without broad demand, like you get from working people with the confidence to spend, investors are motivated to use sudden money to pay down their debt and sometimes, as I said, to remove their competition by buying them out.
  If they try to keep people out or buy them out, it could get very ugly, very quickly.
  It was pointed out that a compensation deal was not going to cost the taxpayer anything, as it would be the bigger European producers that would be buying them out.
  Well, dagnabit, if you cant beat them, you can have them buy you out.
  They talk to Izzy about buying her out of the business, and what a shock, she rants and storms out, knocking Steph over in the process.
  Once the period of investment expires, the businesses are either sold outright to strategic investors, or the company they invested in buys them out.
2. 1.2buy oneself out Obtain one's release from the armed services by payment.
  Example sentencesExamples
  I bought myself out of the army and came here 23 years ago and have loved every minute of it.
  ‘It used to be the case that soldiers bought themselves out of the armed forces.’
  Condemned to celibacy because married servants were expensive and inconvenient, their proverbial cupidity arose as often as not from saving to buy themselves out of service and into family life.
  Normally, obstacles were put in your way should you want to buy yourself out, but this was an emergency.
  Some rioters tried to keep the focus on the blatant unfairness of Lincoln's draft laws in which, for 300 dollars, the rich could buy themselves out of the service.
  He had only bought himself out of the army in 1981, so had had a lucky escape from being dispatched 'to a party way down South'.
  There are signs that it is already too late, with more than 5,370 infantry soldiers buying themselves out of the army in the past three years rather than be posted back abroad.
  He obtained leave to visit his dying father and then bought himself out of the army with a small legacy from a great-aunt.
  After four years, Denise bought herself out of the Army and sought medical help for the turmoil she was experiencing.
  He bought himself out to please his wife, a childhood sweetheart who hated the idea of being a service wife.
3. 1.3buy something in Withdraw something at auction because it fails to meet the reserve price.
4. 1.4 Procure the loyalty and support of (someone) by bribery.
  here was a man who could not be bought
  I'll buy off the investigators
  Example sentencesExamples
  Some will argue this means that he can't be bought by lobbyists.
  I have made my contempt and disgust for them so plain and apparent that they can't buy me off without the appearance of accepting my insult.
  He says his money shows that he can't be bought.
  Labour politicians who accept hospitality and sponsorship insist they can't be bought.
  Synonyms
  bribe, buy off, pay off, suborn, give an inducement to, corrupt
  informal grease someone's palm, give someone a backhander, give someone a sweetener, keep someone sweet, get at, fix, square
  British informal nobble
5. 1.5often with negative Be a means of obtaining (something) through exchange or payment.
  money can't buy happiness
  Example sentencesExamples
  The old saying money cannot buy happiness certainly rings true for one of the most controversial men in rugby league.
  It buys you the am/fm and the ability to hook up your VCR to the stereo.
  It buys him first bemusement, then solicitation, and finally enmity and a serious whack upside the head.
  This buys you an Aromatic Back Massage, a Mini-Facial, a file and polish and a one-course lunch in the brasserie.
  An ad on this channel buys you notoriety, recognition and helps you reach 10,000 customers a day!
  Good intent is not the currency of history; it buys you nothing.
  While that does not make him the owner - which would be illegal under the rules - it buys him a lot of influence.
  Disbelief turns to disappointment as I discover that the £150 price tag buys you genuine mink-lined underwear.
  It has been known for centuries that money does not buy happiness.
  At the risk of sounding cliché-ish: Money can't buy loyalty, or love or affection.
  In fact in my experience, the fact is that our friendship and our commitment on so many things buys us the right to say to our, you know, our best friend, we think you've got it wrong on this one.
  It buys you things like commercials and the ability to travel where you want.
  Being a veteran buys you no credibility and no respect.
  And wealth buys you clean water, sanitation, and healthcare.
  This sum buys you two hours a month clustered in half-hour telephone appointments, and a follow up.
  The money buys loyalty as well as the basic necessities.
  And if one does get dropped, a bit of spare change buys you another.
  Money may not buy us love, or even happiness, but it can go a long way toward buying things for which we have, as yet, no other currency.
  Marketing types know that clever renaming only buys you something when the competition is on the margins of a product's value.
  Money doesn't buy happiness and most of the time the best people are the people that you mob pass on the street everyday.
6. 1.6 Get by sacrifice or great effort.
  greatness is dearly bought
  Example sentencesExamples
  We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
  He knew that every good thing in this world, and in the next, was bought with blood and sacrifice.
  If there have been improvements in the NHS, they have been dearly bought.
  But the support of the other members of the world community will be more dearly bought.
  It is a rare, though dearly bought, opportunity.
  It is dearly bought, requires sacrifice to keep, and represents a way of life.
  He surrendered in October, but it was a prize too dearly bought.
7. 1.7no object Be a buyer for a store or firm.
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘I used to be a much snootier reader," she admits, " but I'm buying for a lot of different stores and a lot of different readers, so I have to be far more egalitarian.’
  Now that he buys for them he doesn't go overseas but he still works ridiculously long hours.
  In her present position, she buys for the museum shop and marks inventory.
2informal Accept the truth of.
I am not prepared to buy the claim that the ends justify the means
no object I hate to buy into stereotypes
Example sentencesExamples
- To tell you the truth, I bought into that as well - and boy were we wrong.
- Those who purchase goods in a world market are also buying into the ideology of the world capitalist economy.
- It's just that I'm concerned there may be women out there who are actually buying into this heart-on-my-sleeve lovelorn weeping.
- We accept the premise that parents must be convinced to buy into any reform agenda.
- He had to make things up on the spot of course and fortunately, the teacher had bought it.
- Again, we will never actually get to do it but we can buy into the philosophy by buying into the brand!
- More and more investors are buying into the global reflation story, one enhanced by aggressive rate cuts by major central banks.
- But because North Americans have been conditioned to equate success with owning a huge, new house with a huge yard, we keep buying into the illusion.
- It requires that the viewer exhibit a fair amount of willing suspension of disbelief, but buying into the essential premise is more than half the battle.
- But to buy into his sinister conclusions means buying into his level of contempt for the present authority.
- In the meantime one or two member states have said they did not consider themselves to be fully buying into that.
- ‘When I started doing research for my dissertation I discovered that women weren't really buying into it,’ she said.
- We've got a self-improvement system which is pretty unique in the bus industry and the staff are buying into it.
- The latter groups are so worried about elections and ratings that they are mucking up clear thinking, and our society is buying into their flawed theories.
- How one takes the story as it progresses to its surprise conclusion depends a great deal on whether one buys into the film's particular brand of Christian mysticism.
- Competitors aren't buying into such a radical concept.
Synonyms
accept, agree to, consent to, assent to, acquiesce in, concur in, accede to, give one's blessing to, bless, give one's seal of approval to, give one's stamp of approval to, rubber-stamp, say yes to

nounPlural buys bʌɪbaɪ

informal

1A purchase.
wine is rarely a good buy in duty-free shops
Example sentencesExamples
- However, shopping wisely - with an eye on bargain buys - should soften the blow to your bank balance.
- He's had to rely on bargain buys, on his fantastic eye for young talent and on his players consistently overperforming.
- Educational buys and other pilot programs are of little value.
- He has consistently proved to have the happy knack of picking up bargain buys and nurturing them into top class players and he is ready to follow the same formula at Maine Road.
- Yet the question remains, is the sector an attractive buy to investors?
- British bargain buys are too few and far between.
- Investors looking for profitable buys are also among the first potential buyers, as well as people living in other parts of Bradford.
- Our picks are both in buys and short sales and 95% of the stocks we recommend have options, which allow you to trade with a smaller amount of cash.
- We have already seen auctions and so called bargain buys, these are the words of the desperate.
- One of the first big buys, or big bargains that the store set up today was a 75 percent sale on men's shirts.
- Save your trades and bargain buys for starting pitchers and position players.
- The palate can be varied, but at its best the soft summer fruit, leather and spice make it a bargain buy.
Synonyms
purchase, deal, bargain, investment, acquisition, addition, gain, asset, possession, holding
1. 1.1 An act of purchasing something.
  a drug buy
  Example sentencesExamples
  They didn't meet a damn person that might tip them to a job, a drug buy, or anything else.
  We must program and structure our buys so that private sector producers can bid competitively and set up their production processes intelligently.
  And because these stocks often are volatile, investors can score with well-timed buys.
  Good chance they're carrying weapons and drugs, having just made a big buy in the city.
  For instance, the fund may join a consortium of investors organized to fund a quick buy and sale of a piece.
  Hearings last month revealed he often wrote notes about his alleged drug buys on his legs.
  There are now more mobile upgrade purchases than new buys in the UK.
  But for those who believe in watching the buys and sales of insiders it is an interesting move, particularly when it is backed up by another key company official's deals.
  At least 25 percent of knife sales are impulse buys, so concentrate on high-margin models in your premium space.
  He never asked Felix to wear a wire, never marked the money he gave Felix for drug buys.
  Gun cleaning products are often purchased as impulse buys.
  Across the UK in 2004, directors' dealings remained consistently above a ratio of five buys to every sale - more than double the average historic ratio.
  And he did not keep detailed records of his alleged drug buys.
  She described going to a drug buy in a pub to get more stuff.

Phrases

buy it

informal Be killed.
Synonyms
pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, expire, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, lay down one's life, be no more, perish, be lost, go the way of the flesh, go the way of all flesh, go to glory, go to one's last resting place, go to meet one's maker, cross the great divide, cross the styx

buy time

Delay an event temporarily so as to have longer to improve one's own position.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘We aren't buying time, we have never had a timeline for the signing of the proposed peace agreement,’ he said.
- Clearly, both parties in the process are, in the main, buying time, and there is little by way of a concrete strategy for resolution.
- And I think it buys him time to get his policy across and build some support for it.
- Transferring attention to others was a comic's way of buying time for himself; time to think of superior, alternative gags.
- He also realised that Britain was not well prepared for war and that he needed to buy time to improve Britain's military position.
- Freezing also buys time, holding the material in suspended animation until the work of cleaning and repairing begins.
- But the suspension buys time, if only a few months, and raises the stakes for a resumption.
- There's always hope that talks will lead to some collateral benefit - such as buying time for policy-makers without any new ideas.
- But it buys time in the hope of getting a better eventual mix of investments and in the expectation that share prices generally will pick up.
- Or is he buying time to deal with his detractors and re-emerge?
Synonyms
linger, dally, take one's time, drag one's feet, be slow, hold back, fall behind, lag behind, dawdle, loiter, not keep pace, waste time

Origin

Old English bycgan, of Germanic origin.

Rhymes

ally, Altai, apply, assai, awry, ay, aye, Baha'i, belie, bi, Bligh, by, bye, bye-bye, chi, Chiangmai, Ciskei, comply, cry, Cy, Dai, defy, deny, Di, die, do-or-die, dry, Dubai, dye, espy, eye, fie, fly, forbye, fry, Frye, goodbye (US goodby), guy, hereby, hi, hie, high, I, imply, I-spy, July, kai, lie, lye, Mackay, misapply, my, nearby, nigh, Nye, outfly, passer-by, phi, pi, pie, ply, pry, psi, Qinghai, rai, rely, rocaille, rye, scry, serai, shanghai, shy, sigh, sky, Skye, sky-high, sly, spin-dry, spry, spy, sty, Sukhotai, supply, Tai, Thai, thereby, thigh, thy, tie, Transkei, try, tumble-dry, underlie, Versailles, Vi, vie, whereby, why, wry, Wye, xi, Xingtai, Yantai

Definition of buy in US English:

buy

verbbībaɪ

[with object]

1Obtain in exchange for payment.
he had been able to buy up hundreds of acres
with two objects he bought me a new dress
we had to find some money to buy a house
no object had no interest in buying into an entertainment company
Example sentencesExamples
- It was their intention to buy up the supply and then sell it in coffee shops.
- Several institutional investors are also still buying into the sector and see property as a safer bet to match long-term annuity liabilities.
- I know one smart one who saved all her money from 2 years of bar work and bought herself a house in a nice subdivision in Pattaya.
- In order to buy the house some money that my Grandfather had stashed away for myself and my brothers was used as part of the deposit.
- Then he said that he's going to support me through college and buy me a car and whatever - if I did what he wanted.
- The yen that are bought, are then exchanged for U.S. dollars, or euros, or other currencies.
- He said people bought him drinks during the night but he would only take a sip and then put them aside.
- A reporter at a police station was told that if she was buying a house she could obtain the police information she wanted from from her realtor.
- If they can sell a large home and buy into a village, it frees up capital for them to buy a new car, travel, or go overseas.
- Then look at the share of houses that are being bought for investment purposes only.
- The cooker they bought six months ago no longer has a light in the oven so they can see if their roast is done.
- More importantly, I had some exciting bruises to flash around, and heaps of people felt sorry for me and bought me drinks.
- I've just started buying property and bought my first about six months ago.
- Did you log on and buy up the maximum allocation of six tickets per person?
- Let's buy up tracts of vulnerable mangrove lands and begin securing at least the future.
- Investors buying into the market are finding attractive returns.
- We are of the view that time is now to look for money to buy up the bumper harvest.
- The best thing that a young person can do is to stay in school and invest the money that they have: buy a house, own land.
- The money may not buy much but you will get paid back your original investment.
- There was talk of marriage and of pooling their money to buy an even grander house.
Synonyms
purchase, make a purchase of, make the purchase of, acquire, obtain, get, pick up, snap up
1. 1.1buy someone out Pay someone to give up an ownership, interest, or share.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The same people who complain of our speed in spreading salvation and saving men would all want to buy shares, become our partners or buy us out.
  Alternatively, they may be happy to buy the house with you on the understanding that you will buy them out of their share later when you can afford it or that they get a share of any growth in value when you sell up.
  Once the period of investment expires, the businesses are either sold outright to strategic investors, or the company they invested in buys them out.
  Several of the clubs had been approached by developers interested in buying them out - one steward describing them as ‘circling sharks’.
  It attracts someone's attention, they buy you out and spend billions in development.
  Well, dagnabit, if you cant beat them, you can have them buy you out.
  Even if you couldn't afford to buy them out totally, you could become a seriously difficulty to them continuing to manufacture the weapons.
  Watchdogs are calling for an investigation after it emerged that firms are effectively bribing staff with thousands of pounds in cash offers to buy them out of their pension schemes.
  They talk to Izzy about buying her out of the business, and what a shock, she rants and storms out, knocking Steph over in the process.
  My parents and the parents of all my childhood neighbors and rural classmates have moved to town to ‘retire’ once their kids are old enough to buy them out.
  It was pointed out that a compensation deal was not going to cost the taxpayer anything, as it would be the bigger European producers that would be buying them out.
  Your little company may be nothing but a flea in a corporate elephant's patch of jungle but just how much might the elephant be willing to pay to be rid of you, or to buy you out?
  If they try to keep people out or buy them out, it could get very ugly, very quickly.
  Angling organisations have for years forecast serious threats to salmon stocks and now are calling on the Government to reduce the quota given to drift net fishermen or to buy them out completely.
  Such ‘discounts’ can attract the unwanted attention of opportunists and arbitrageurs who buy up the shares and then attempt to make a quick profit by forcing companies to buy them out for a higher price.
  If somebody else innovates and it becomes successful they might try to buy them out or jump on the bandwagon, but if innovation threatens that guaranteed income they squash it and that's that.
  Of course, this wouldn't keep people from buying them out of town, but presumably its backers would like to see similar law enacted in other cities, too.
  Without broad demand, like you get from working people with the confidence to spend, investors are motivated to use sudden money to pay down their debt and sometimes, as I said, to remove their competition by buying them out.
  When you see a sold stock run, you will think of everything bad: It's going straight to $40, someone is going to buy them out, they're going to cure cancer tomorrow, etc, etc.
  The company has decided it would be cheaper to buy them out rather than send them the dividend.
2. 1.2 Procure the loyalty and support of (someone) by bribery.
  here was a man who could not be bought
  I'll buy off the investigators
  Example sentencesExamples
  I have made my contempt and disgust for them so plain and apparent that they can't buy me off without the appearance of accepting my insult.
  He says his money shows that he can't be bought.
  Labour politicians who accept hospitality and sponsorship insist they can't be bought.
  Some will argue this means that he can't be bought by lobbyists.
  Synonyms
  bribe, buy off, pay off, suborn, give an inducement to, corrupt
3. 1.3often with negative Be a means of obtaining (something) through exchange or payment.
  money can't buy happiness
  Example sentencesExamples
  The old saying money cannot buy happiness certainly rings true for one of the most controversial men in rugby league.
  At the risk of sounding cliché-ish: Money can't buy loyalty, or love or affection.
  And if one does get dropped, a bit of spare change buys you another.
  It has been known for centuries that money does not buy happiness.
  The money buys loyalty as well as the basic necessities.
  Money may not buy us love, or even happiness, but it can go a long way toward buying things for which we have, as yet, no other currency.
  Marketing types know that clever renaming only buys you something when the competition is on the margins of a product's value.
  It buys you the am/fm and the ability to hook up your VCR to the stereo.
  In fact in my experience, the fact is that our friendship and our commitment on so many things buys us the right to say to our, you know, our best friend, we think you've got it wrong on this one.
  Good intent is not the currency of history; it buys you nothing.
  While that does not make him the owner - which would be illegal under the rules - it buys him a lot of influence.
  It buys him first bemusement, then solicitation, and finally enmity and a serious whack upside the head.
  Money doesn't buy happiness and most of the time the best people are the people that you mob pass on the street everyday.
  An ad on this channel buys you notoriety, recognition and helps you reach 10,000 customers a day!
  Disbelief turns to disappointment as I discover that the £150 price tag buys you genuine mink-lined underwear.
  It buys you things like commercials and the ability to travel where you want.
  This sum buys you two hours a month clustered in half-hour telephone appointments, and a follow up.
  Being a veteran buys you no credibility and no respect.
  This buys you an Aromatic Back Massage, a Mini-Facial, a file and polish and a one-course lunch in the brasserie.
  And wealth buys you clean water, sanitation, and healthcare.
4. 1.4 Get by sacrifice or great effort.
  greatness is dearly bought
  Example sentencesExamples
  It is dearly bought, requires sacrifice to keep, and represents a way of life.
  If there have been improvements in the NHS, they have been dearly bought.
  He surrendered in October, but it was a prize too dearly bought.
  We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
  It is a rare, though dearly bought, opportunity.
  But the support of the other members of the world community will be more dearly bought.
  He knew that every good thing in this world, and in the next, was bought with blood and sacrifice.
5. 1.5no object Make a profession of purchasing goods for a store or firm.
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘I used to be a much snootier reader," she admits, " but I'm buying for a lot of different stores and a lot of different readers, so I have to be far more egalitarian.’
  In her present position, she buys for the museum shop and marks inventory.
  Now that he buys for them he doesn't go overseas but he still works ridiculously long hours.
2informal Accept the truth of.
I am not prepared to buy the claim that the ends justify the means
no object I hate to buy into stereotypes
Example sentencesExamples
- It's just that I'm concerned there may be women out there who are actually buying into this heart-on-my-sleeve lovelorn weeping.
- The latter groups are so worried about elections and ratings that they are mucking up clear thinking, and our society is buying into their flawed theories.
- To tell you the truth, I bought into that as well - and boy were we wrong.
- ‘When I started doing research for my dissertation I discovered that women weren't really buying into it,’ she said.
- We accept the premise that parents must be convinced to buy into any reform agenda.
- He had to make things up on the spot of course and fortunately, the teacher had bought it.
- How one takes the story as it progresses to its surprise conclusion depends a great deal on whether one buys into the film's particular brand of Christian mysticism.
- Again, we will never actually get to do it but we can buy into the philosophy by buying into the brand!
- It requires that the viewer exhibit a fair amount of willing suspension of disbelief, but buying into the essential premise is more than half the battle.
- We've got a self-improvement system which is pretty unique in the bus industry and the staff are buying into it.
- Those who purchase goods in a world market are also buying into the ideology of the world capitalist economy.
- In the meantime one or two member states have said they did not consider themselves to be fully buying into that.
- More and more investors are buying into the global reflation story, one enhanced by aggressive rate cuts by major central banks.
- But to buy into his sinister conclusions means buying into his level of contempt for the present authority.
- But because North Americans have been conditioned to equate success with owning a huge, new house with a huge yard, we keep buying into the illusion.
- Competitors aren't buying into such a radical concept.
Synonyms
accept, agree to, consent to, assent to, acquiesce in, concur in, accede to, give one's blessing to, bless, give one's seal of approval to, give one's stamp of approval to, rubber-stamp, say yes to

nounbībaɪ

informal

1A purchase.
the wine is a good buy at $3.49
Example sentencesExamples
- We have already seen auctions and so called bargain buys, these are the words of the desperate.
- British bargain buys are too few and far between.
- He has consistently proved to have the happy knack of picking up bargain buys and nurturing them into top class players and he is ready to follow the same formula at Maine Road.
- Educational buys and other pilot programs are of little value.
- Our picks are both in buys and short sales and 95% of the stocks we recommend have options, which allow you to trade with a smaller amount of cash.
- Yet the question remains, is the sector an attractive buy to investors?
- One of the first big buys, or big bargains that the store set up today was a 75 percent sale on men's shirts.
- Save your trades and bargain buys for starting pitchers and position players.
- However, shopping wisely - with an eye on bargain buys - should soften the blow to your bank balance.
- The palate can be varied, but at its best the soft summer fruit, leather and spice make it a bargain buy.
- He's had to rely on bargain buys, on his fantastic eye for young talent and on his players consistently overperforming.
- Investors looking for profitable buys are also among the first potential buyers, as well as people living in other parts of Bradford.
Synonyms
purchase, deal, bargain, investment, acquisition, addition, gain, asset, possession, holding
1. 1.1 An act of purchasing something.
  out on a produce buy for the restaurant
  Example sentencesExamples
  But for those who believe in watching the buys and sales of insiders it is an interesting move, particularly when it is backed up by another key company official's deals.
  Across the UK in 2004, directors' dealings remained consistently above a ratio of five buys to every sale - more than double the average historic ratio.
  And he did not keep detailed records of his alleged drug buys.
  At least 25 percent of knife sales are impulse buys, so concentrate on high-margin models in your premium space.
  He never asked Felix to wear a wire, never marked the money he gave Felix for drug buys.
  Good chance they're carrying weapons and drugs, having just made a big buy in the city.
  There are now more mobile upgrade purchases than new buys in the UK.
  And because these stocks often are volatile, investors can score with well-timed buys.
  For instance, the fund may join a consortium of investors organized to fund a quick buy and sale of a piece.
  She described going to a drug buy in a pub to get more stuff.
  We must program and structure our buys so that private sector producers can bid competitively and set up their production processes intelligently.
  Hearings last month revealed he often wrote notes about his alleged drug buys on his legs.
  They didn't meet a damn person that might tip them to a job, a drug buy, or anything else.
  Gun cleaning products are often purchased as impulse buys.

Phrases

buy it

informal Be killed.
his friends had bought it in the jungle
Synonyms
pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, expire, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, lay down one's life, be no more, perish, be lost, go the way of the flesh, go the way of all flesh, go to glory, go to one's last resting place, go to meet one's maker, cross the great divide, cross the styx

buy time

Delay an event temporarily so as to have longer to improve one's own position.
Example sentencesExamples
- There's always hope that talks will lead to some collateral benefit - such as buying time for policy-makers without any new ideas.
- Or is he buying time to deal with his detractors and re-emerge?
- But the suspension buys time, if only a few months, and raises the stakes for a resumption.
- Clearly, both parties in the process are, in the main, buying time, and there is little by way of a concrete strategy for resolution.
- He also realised that Britain was not well prepared for war and that he needed to buy time to improve Britain's military position.
- Transferring attention to others was a comic's way of buying time for himself; time to think of superior, alternative gags.
- And I think it buys him time to get his policy across and build some support for it.
- Freezing also buys time, holding the material in suspended animation until the work of cleaning and repairing begins.
- But it buys time in the hope of getting a better eventual mix of investments and in the expectation that share prices generally will pick up.
- ‘We aren't buying time, we have never had a timeline for the signing of the proposed peace agreement,’ he said.
Synonyms
linger, dally, take one's time, drag one's feet, be slow, hold back, fall behind, lag behind, dawdle, loiter, not keep pace, waste time

Origin

Old English bycgan, of Germanic origin.

单词	buy
释义	Definition of buy in English: buy verbbuys, bought, buying bʌɪbaɪ [with object] 1Obtain in exchange for payment. she bought six first-class stamps he had been able to buy up hundreds of acres with two objects he bought me a new frock no object homeowners who buy into housing developments Example sentencesExamples Then look at the share of houses that are being bought for investment purposes only. I've just started buying property and bought my first about six months ago. Several institutional investors are also still buying into the sector and see property as a safer bet to match long-term annuity liabilities. We are of the view that time is now to look for money to buy up the bumper harvest. If they can sell a large home and buy into a village, it frees up capital for them to buy a new car, travel, or go overseas. Investors buying into the market are finding attractive returns. I know one smart one who saved all her money from 2 years of bar work and bought herself a house in a nice subdivision in Pattaya. The money may not buy much but you will get paid back your original investment. The cooker they bought six months ago no longer has a light in the oven so they can see if their roast is done. He said people bought him drinks during the night but he would only take a sip and then put them aside. Let's buy up tracts of vulnerable mangrove lands and begin securing at least the future. More importantly, I had some exciting bruises to flash around, and heaps of people felt sorry for me and bought me drinks. A reporter at a police station was told that if she was buying a house she could obtain the police information she wanted from from her realtor. Then he said that he's going to support me through college and buy me a car and whatever - if I did what he wanted. Did you log on and buy up the maximum allocation of six tickets per person? There was talk of marriage and of pooling their money to buy an even grander house. It was their intention to buy up the supply and then sell it in coffee shops. In order to buy the house some money that my Grandfather had stashed away for myself and my brothers was used as part of the deposit. The best thing that a young person can do is to stay in school and invest the money that they have: buy a house, own land. The yen that are bought, are then exchanged for U.S. dollars, or euros, or other currencies. Synonyms purchase, make a/the purchase of, acquire, obtain, get, pick up, snap up take, secure, procure, come by, pay for, shop for invest in, put money into informal get hold of, get one's hands on, lay one's hands on, get one's mitts on, score 1.1buy someone out Pay someone to give up an ownership, interest, or share. when their affair ended, she bought him out Example sentencesExamples Alternatively, they may be happy to buy the house with you on the understanding that you will buy them out of their share later when you can afford it or that they get a share of any growth in value when you sell up. Watchdogs are calling for an investigation after it emerged that firms are effectively bribing staff with thousands of pounds in cash offers to buy them out of their pension schemes. The company has decided it would be cheaper to buy them out rather than send them the dividend. When you see a sold stock run, you will think of everything bad: It's going straight to $40, someone is going to buy them out, they're going to cure cancer tomorrow, etc, etc. Such ‘discounts’ can attract the unwanted attention of opportunists and arbitrageurs who buy up the shares and then attempt to make a quick profit by forcing companies to buy them out for a higher price. Your little company may be nothing but a flea in a corporate elephant's patch of jungle but just how much might the elephant be willing to pay to be rid of you, or to buy you out? Angling organisations have for years forecast serious threats to salmon stocks and now are calling on the Government to reduce the quota given to drift net fishermen or to buy them out completely. Even if you couldn't afford to buy them out totally, you could become a seriously difficulty to them continuing to manufacture the weapons. Of course, this wouldn't keep people from buying them out of town, but presumably its backers would like to see similar law enacted in other cities, too. Several of the clubs had been approached by developers interested in buying them out - one steward describing them as ‘circling sharks’. If somebody else innovates and it becomes successful they might try to buy them out or jump on the bandwagon, but if innovation threatens that guaranteed income they squash it and that's that. The same people who complain of our speed in spreading salvation and saving men would all want to buy shares, become our partners or buy us out. It attracts someone's attention, they buy you out and spend billions in development. My parents and the parents of all my childhood neighbors and rural classmates have moved to town to ‘retire’ once their kids are old enough to buy them out. Without broad demand, like you get from working people with the confidence to spend, investors are motivated to use sudden money to pay down their debt and sometimes, as I said, to remove their competition by buying them out. If they try to keep people out or buy them out, it could get very ugly, very quickly. It was pointed out that a compensation deal was not going to cost the taxpayer anything, as it would be the bigger European producers that would be buying them out. Well, dagnabit, if you cant beat them, you can have them buy you out. They talk to Izzy about buying her out of the business, and what a shock, she rants and storms out, knocking Steph over in the process. Once the period of investment expires, the businesses are either sold outright to strategic investors, or the company they invested in buys them out. 1.2buy oneself out Obtain one's release from the armed services by payment. Example sentencesExamples I bought myself out of the army and came here 23 years ago and have loved every minute of it. ‘It used to be the case that soldiers bought themselves out of the armed forces.’ Condemned to celibacy because married servants were expensive and inconvenient, their proverbial cupidity arose as often as not from saving to buy themselves out of service and into family life. Normally, obstacles were put in your way should you want to buy yourself out, but this was an emergency. Some rioters tried to keep the focus on the blatant unfairness of Lincoln's draft laws in which, for 300 dollars, the rich could buy themselves out of the service. He had only bought himself out of the army in 1981, so had had a lucky escape from being dispatched 'to a party way down South'. There are signs that it is already too late, with more than 5,370 infantry soldiers buying themselves out of the army in the past three years rather than be posted back abroad. He obtained leave to visit his dying father and then bought himself out of the army with a small legacy from a great-aunt. After four years, Denise bought herself out of the Army and sought medical help for the turmoil she was experiencing. He bought himself out to please his wife, a childhood sweetheart who hated the idea of being a service wife. 1.3buy something in Withdraw something at auction because it fails to meet the reserve price. 1.4 Procure the loyalty and support of (someone) by bribery. here was a man who could not be bought I'll buy off the investigators Example sentencesExamples Some will argue this means that he can't be bought by lobbyists. I have made my contempt and disgust for them so plain and apparent that they can't buy me off without the appearance of accepting my insult. He says his money shows that he can't be bought. Labour politicians who accept hospitality and sponsorship insist they can't be bought. Synonyms bribe, buy off, pay off, suborn, give an inducement to, corrupt informal grease someone's palm, give someone a backhander, give someone a sweetener, keep someone sweet, get at, fix, square British informal nobble 1.5often with negative Be a means of obtaining (something) through exchange or payment. money can't buy happiness Example sentencesExamples The old saying money cannot buy happiness certainly rings true for one of the most controversial men in rugby league. It buys you the am/fm and the ability to hook up your VCR to the stereo. It buys him first bemusement, then solicitation, and finally enmity and a serious whack upside the head. This buys you an Aromatic Back Massage, a Mini-Facial, a file and polish and a one-course lunch in the brasserie. An ad on this channel buys you notoriety, recognition and helps you reach 10,000 customers a day! Good intent is not the currency of history; it buys you nothing. While that does not make him the owner - which would be illegal under the rules - it buys him a lot of influence. Disbelief turns to disappointment as I discover that the £150 price tag buys you genuine mink-lined underwear. It has been known for centuries that money does not buy happiness. At the risk of sounding cliché-ish: Money can't buy loyalty, or love or affection. In fact in my experience, the fact is that our friendship and our commitment on so many things buys us the right to say to our, you know, our best friend, we think you've got it wrong on this one. It buys you things like commercials and the ability to travel where you want. Being a veteran buys you no credibility and no respect. And wealth buys you clean water, sanitation, and healthcare. This sum buys you two hours a month clustered in half-hour telephone appointments, and a follow up. The money buys loyalty as well as the basic necessities. And if one does get dropped, a bit of spare change buys you another. Money may not buy us love, or even happiness, but it can go a long way toward buying things for which we have, as yet, no other currency. Marketing types know that clever renaming only buys you something when the competition is on the margins of a product's value. Money doesn't buy happiness and most of the time the best people are the people that you mob pass on the street everyday. 1.6 Get by sacrifice or great effort. greatness is dearly bought Example sentencesExamples We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. He knew that every good thing in this world, and in the next, was bought with blood and sacrifice. If there have been improvements in the NHS, they have been dearly bought. But the support of the other members of the world community will be more dearly bought. It is a rare, though dearly bought, opportunity. It is dearly bought, requires sacrifice to keep, and represents a way of life. He surrendered in October, but it was a prize too dearly bought. 1.7no object Be a buyer for a store or firm. Example sentencesExamples ‘I used to be a much snootier reader," she admits, " but I'm buying for a lot of different stores and a lot of different readers, so I have to be far more egalitarian.’ Now that he buys for them he doesn't go overseas but he still works ridiculously long hours. In her present position, she buys for the museum shop and marks inventory. 2informal Accept the truth of. I am not prepared to buy the claim that the ends justify the means no object I hate to buy into stereotypes Example sentencesExamples To tell you the truth, I bought into that as well - and boy were we wrong. Those who purchase goods in a world market are also buying into the ideology of the world capitalist economy. It's just that I'm concerned there may be women out there who are actually buying into this heart-on-my-sleeve lovelorn weeping. We accept the premise that parents must be convinced to buy into any reform agenda. He had to make things up on the spot of course and fortunately, the teacher had bought it. Again, we will never actually get to do it but we can buy into the philosophy by buying into the brand! More and more investors are buying into the global reflation story, one enhanced by aggressive rate cuts by major central banks. But because North Americans have been conditioned to equate success with owning a huge, new house with a huge yard, we keep buying into the illusion. It requires that the viewer exhibit a fair amount of willing suspension of disbelief, but buying into the essential premise is more than half the battle. But to buy into his sinister conclusions means buying into his level of contempt for the present authority. In the meantime one or two member states have said they did not consider themselves to be fully buying into that. ‘When I started doing research for my dissertation I discovered that women weren't really buying into it,’ she said. We've got a self-improvement system which is pretty unique in the bus industry and the staff are buying into it. The latter groups are so worried about elections and ratings that they are mucking up clear thinking, and our society is buying into their flawed theories. How one takes the story as it progresses to its surprise conclusion depends a great deal on whether one buys into the film's particular brand of Christian mysticism. Competitors aren't buying into such a radical concept. Synonyms accept, agree to, consent to, assent to, acquiesce in, concur in, accede to, give one's blessing to, bless, give one's seal of approval to, give one's stamp of approval to, rubber-stamp, say yes to nounPlural buys bʌɪbaɪ informal 1A purchase. wine is rarely a good buy in duty-free shops Example sentencesExamples However, shopping wisely - with an eye on bargain buys - should soften the blow to your bank balance. He's had to rely on bargain buys, on his fantastic eye for young talent and on his players consistently overperforming. Educational buys and other pilot programs are of little value. He has consistently proved to have the happy knack of picking up bargain buys and nurturing them into top class players and he is ready to follow the same formula at Maine Road. Yet the question remains, is the sector an attractive buy to investors? British bargain buys are too few and far between. Investors looking for profitable buys are also among the first potential buyers, as well as people living in other parts of Bradford. Our picks are both in buys and short sales and 95% of the stocks we recommend have options, which allow you to trade with a smaller amount of cash. We have already seen auctions and so called bargain buys, these are the words of the desperate. One of the first big buys, or big bargains that the store set up today was a 75 percent sale on men's shirts. Save your trades and bargain buys for starting pitchers and position players. The palate can be varied, but at its best the soft summer fruit, leather and spice make it a bargain buy. Synonyms purchase, deal, bargain, investment, acquisition, addition, gain, asset, possession, holding 1.1 An act of purchasing something. a drug buy Example sentencesExamples They didn't meet a damn person that might tip them to a job, a drug buy, or anything else. We must program and structure our buys so that private sector producers can bid competitively and set up their production processes intelligently. And because these stocks often are volatile, investors can score with well-timed buys. Good chance they're carrying weapons and drugs, having just made a big buy in the city. For instance, the fund may join a consortium of investors organized to fund a quick buy and sale of a piece. Hearings last month revealed he often wrote notes about his alleged drug buys on his legs. There are now more mobile upgrade purchases than new buys in the UK. But for those who believe in watching the buys and sales of insiders it is an interesting move, particularly when it is backed up by another key company official's deals. At least 25 percent of knife sales are impulse buys, so concentrate on high-margin models in your premium space. He never asked Felix to wear a wire, never marked the money he gave Felix for drug buys. Gun cleaning products are often purchased as impulse buys. Across the UK in 2004, directors' dealings remained consistently above a ratio of five buys to every sale - more than double the average historic ratio. And he did not keep detailed records of his alleged drug buys. She described going to a drug buy in a pub to get more stuff. Phrases buy it informal Be killed. Synonyms pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, expire, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, lay down one's life, be no more, perish, be lost, go the way of the flesh, go the way of all flesh, go to glory, go to one's last resting place, go to meet one's maker, cross the great divide, cross the styx buy time Delay an event temporarily so as to have longer to improve one's own position. Example sentencesExamples ‘We aren't buying time, we have never had a timeline for the signing of the proposed peace agreement,’ he said. Clearly, both parties in the process are, in the main, buying time, and there is little by way of a concrete strategy for resolution. And I think it buys him time to get his policy across and build some support for it. Transferring attention to others was a comic's way of buying time for himself; time to think of superior, alternative gags. He also realised that Britain was not well prepared for war and that he needed to buy time to improve Britain's military position. Freezing also buys time, holding the material in suspended animation until the work of cleaning and repairing begins. But the suspension buys time, if only a few months, and raises the stakes for a resumption. There's always hope that talks will lead to some collateral benefit - such as buying time for policy-makers without any new ideas. But it buys time in the hope of getting a better eventual mix of investments and in the expectation that share prices generally will pick up. Or is he buying time to deal with his detractors and re-emerge? Synonyms linger, dally, take one's time, drag one's feet, be slow, hold back, fall behind, lag behind, dawdle, loiter, not keep pace, waste time Origin Old English bycgan, of Germanic origin. Rhymes ally, Altai, apply, assai, awry, ay, aye, Baha'i, belie, bi, Bligh, by, bye, bye-bye, chi, Chiangmai, Ciskei, comply, cry, Cy, Dai, defy, deny, Di, die, do-or-die, dry, Dubai, dye, espy, eye, fie, fly, forbye, fry, Frye, goodbye (US goodby), guy, hereby, hi, hie, high, I, imply, I-spy, July, kai, lie, lye, Mackay, misapply, my, nearby, nigh, Nye, outfly, passer-by, phi, pi, pie, ply, pry, psi, Qinghai, rai, rely, rocaille, rye, scry, serai, shanghai, shy, sigh, sky, Skye, sky-high, sly, spin-dry, spry, spy, sty, Sukhotai, supply, Tai, Thai, thereby, thigh, thy, tie, Transkei, try, tumble-dry, underlie, Versailles, Vi, vie, whereby, why, wry, Wye, xi, Xingtai, Yantai verb.1 phr. Definition of buy in US English: buy verbbībaɪ [with object] 1Obtain in exchange for payment. he had been able to buy up hundreds of acres with two objects he bought me a new dress we had to find some money to buy a house no object had no interest in buying into an entertainment company Example sentencesExamples It was their intention to buy up the supply and then sell it in coffee shops. Several institutional investors are also still buying into the sector and see property as a safer bet to match long-term annuity liabilities. I know one smart one who saved all her money from 2 years of bar work and bought herself a house in a nice subdivision in Pattaya. In order to buy the house some money that my Grandfather had stashed away for myself and my brothers was used as part of the deposit. Then he said that he's going to support me through college and buy me a car and whatever - if I did what he wanted. The yen that are bought, are then exchanged for U.S. dollars, or euros, or other currencies. He said people bought him drinks during the night but he would only take a sip and then put them aside. A reporter at a police station was told that if she was buying a house she could obtain the police information she wanted from from her realtor. If they can sell a large home and buy into a village, it frees up capital for them to buy a new car, travel, or go overseas. Then look at the share of houses that are being bought for investment purposes only. The cooker they bought six months ago no longer has a light in the oven so they can see if their roast is done. More importantly, I had some exciting bruises to flash around, and heaps of people felt sorry for me and bought me drinks. I've just started buying property and bought my first about six months ago. Did you log on and buy up the maximum allocation of six tickets per person? Let's buy up tracts of vulnerable mangrove lands and begin securing at least the future. Investors buying into the market are finding attractive returns. We are of the view that time is now to look for money to buy up the bumper harvest. The best thing that a young person can do is to stay in school and invest the money that they have: buy a house, own land. The money may not buy much but you will get paid back your original investment. There was talk of marriage and of pooling their money to buy an even grander house. Synonyms purchase, make a purchase of, make the purchase of, acquire, obtain, get, pick up, snap up 1.1buy someone out Pay someone to give up an ownership, interest, or share. Example sentencesExamples The same people who complain of our speed in spreading salvation and saving men would all want to buy shares, become our partners or buy us out. Alternatively, they may be happy to buy the house with you on the understanding that you will buy them out of their share later when you can afford it or that they get a share of any growth in value when you sell up. Once the period of investment expires, the businesses are either sold outright to strategic investors, or the company they invested in buys them out. Several of the clubs had been approached by developers interested in buying them out - one steward describing them as ‘circling sharks’. It attracts someone's attention, they buy you out and spend billions in development. Well, dagnabit, if you cant beat them, you can have them buy you out. Even if you couldn't afford to buy them out totally, you could become a seriously difficulty to them continuing to manufacture the weapons. Watchdogs are calling for an investigation after it emerged that firms are effectively bribing staff with thousands of pounds in cash offers to buy them out of their pension schemes. They talk to Izzy about buying her out of the business, and what a shock, she rants and storms out, knocking Steph over in the process. My parents and the parents of all my childhood neighbors and rural classmates have moved to town to ‘retire’ once their kids are old enough to buy them out. It was pointed out that a compensation deal was not going to cost the taxpayer anything, as it would be the bigger European producers that would be buying them out. Your little company may be nothing but a flea in a corporate elephant's patch of jungle but just how much might the elephant be willing to pay to be rid of you, or to buy you out? If they try to keep people out or buy them out, it could get very ugly, very quickly. Angling organisations have for years forecast serious threats to salmon stocks and now are calling on the Government to reduce the quota given to drift net fishermen or to buy them out completely. Such ‘discounts’ can attract the unwanted attention of opportunists and arbitrageurs who buy up the shares and then attempt to make a quick profit by forcing companies to buy them out for a higher price. If somebody else innovates and it becomes successful they might try to buy them out or jump on the bandwagon, but if innovation threatens that guaranteed income they squash it and that's that. Of course, this wouldn't keep people from buying them out of town, but presumably its backers would like to see similar law enacted in other cities, too. Without broad demand, like you get from working people with the confidence to spend, investors are motivated to use sudden money to pay down their debt and sometimes, as I said, to remove their competition by buying them out. When you see a sold stock run, you will think of everything bad: It's going straight to $40, someone is going to buy them out, they're going to cure cancer tomorrow, etc, etc. The company has decided it would be cheaper to buy them out rather than send them the dividend. 1.2 Procure the loyalty and support of (someone) by bribery. here was a man who could not be bought I'll buy off the investigators Example sentencesExamples I have made my contempt and disgust for them so plain and apparent that they can't buy me off without the appearance of accepting my insult. He says his money shows that he can't be bought. Labour politicians who accept hospitality and sponsorship insist they can't be bought. Some will argue this means that he can't be bought by lobbyists. Synonyms bribe, buy off, pay off, suborn, give an inducement to, corrupt 1.3often with negative Be a means of obtaining (something) through exchange or payment. money can't buy happiness Example sentencesExamples The old saying money cannot buy happiness certainly rings true for one of the most controversial men in rugby league. At the risk of sounding cliché-ish: Money can't buy loyalty, or love or affection. And if one does get dropped, a bit of spare change buys you another. It has been known for centuries that money does not buy happiness. The money buys loyalty as well as the basic necessities. Money may not buy us love, or even happiness, but it can go a long way toward buying things for which we have, as yet, no other currency. Marketing types know that clever renaming only buys you something when the competition is on the margins of a product's value. It buys you the am/fm and the ability to hook up your VCR to the stereo. In fact in my experience, the fact is that our friendship and our commitment on so many things buys us the right to say to our, you know, our best friend, we think you've got it wrong on this one. Good intent is not the currency of history; it buys you nothing. While that does not make him the owner - which would be illegal under the rules - it buys him a lot of influence. It buys him first bemusement, then solicitation, and finally enmity and a serious whack upside the head. Money doesn't buy happiness and most of the time the best people are the people that you mob pass on the street everyday. An ad on this channel buys you notoriety, recognition and helps you reach 10,000 customers a day! Disbelief turns to disappointment as I discover that the £150 price tag buys you genuine mink-lined underwear. It buys you things like commercials and the ability to travel where you want. This sum buys you two hours a month clustered in half-hour telephone appointments, and a follow up. Being a veteran buys you no credibility and no respect. This buys you an Aromatic Back Massage, a Mini-Facial, a file and polish and a one-course lunch in the brasserie. And wealth buys you clean water, sanitation, and healthcare. 1.4 Get by sacrifice or great effort. greatness is dearly bought Example sentencesExamples It is dearly bought, requires sacrifice to keep, and represents a way of life. If there have been improvements in the NHS, they have been dearly bought. He surrendered in October, but it was a prize too dearly bought. We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. It is a rare, though dearly bought, opportunity. But the support of the other members of the world community will be more dearly bought. He knew that every good thing in this world, and in the next, was bought with blood and sacrifice. 1.5no object Make a profession of purchasing goods for a store or firm. Example sentencesExamples ‘I used to be a much snootier reader," she admits, " but I'm buying for a lot of different stores and a lot of different readers, so I have to be far more egalitarian.’ In her present position, she buys for the museum shop and marks inventory. Now that he buys for them he doesn't go overseas but he still works ridiculously long hours. 2informal Accept the truth of. I am not prepared to buy the claim that the ends justify the means no object I hate to buy into stereotypes Example sentencesExamples It's just that I'm concerned there may be women out there who are actually buying into this heart-on-my-sleeve lovelorn weeping. The latter groups are so worried about elections and ratings that they are mucking up clear thinking, and our society is buying into their flawed theories. To tell you the truth, I bought into that as well - and boy were we wrong. ‘When I started doing research for my dissertation I discovered that women weren't really buying into it,’ she said. We accept the premise that parents must be convinced to buy into any reform agenda. He had to make things up on the spot of course and fortunately, the teacher had bought it. How one takes the story as it progresses to its surprise conclusion depends a great deal on whether one buys into the film's particular brand of Christian mysticism. Again, we will never actually get to do it but we can buy into the philosophy by buying into the brand! It requires that the viewer exhibit a fair amount of willing suspension of disbelief, but buying into the essential premise is more than half the battle. We've got a self-improvement system which is pretty unique in the bus industry and the staff are buying into it. Those who purchase goods in a world market are also buying into the ideology of the world capitalist economy. In the meantime one or two member states have said they did not consider themselves to be fully buying into that. More and more investors are buying into the global reflation story, one enhanced by aggressive rate cuts by major central banks. But to buy into his sinister conclusions means buying into his level of contempt for the present authority. But because North Americans have been conditioned to equate success with owning a huge, new house with a huge yard, we keep buying into the illusion. Competitors aren't buying into such a radical concept. Synonyms accept, agree to, consent to, assent to, acquiesce in, concur in, accede to, give one's blessing to, bless, give one's seal of approval to, give one's stamp of approval to, rubber-stamp, say yes to nounbībaɪ informal 1A purchase. the wine is a good buy at $3.49 Example sentencesExamples We have already seen auctions and so called bargain buys, these are the words of the desperate. British bargain buys are too few and far between. He has consistently proved to have the happy knack of picking up bargain buys and nurturing them into top class players and he is ready to follow the same formula at Maine Road. Educational buys and other pilot programs are of little value. Our picks are both in buys and short sales and 95% of the stocks we recommend have options, which allow you to trade with a smaller amount of cash. Yet the question remains, is the sector an attractive buy to investors? One of the first big buys, or big bargains that the store set up today was a 75 percent sale on men's shirts. Save your trades and bargain buys for starting pitchers and position players. However, shopping wisely - with an eye on bargain buys - should soften the blow to your bank balance. The palate can be varied, but at its best the soft summer fruit, leather and spice make it a bargain buy. He's had to rely on bargain buys, on his fantastic eye for young talent and on his players consistently overperforming. Investors looking for profitable buys are also among the first potential buyers, as well as people living in other parts of Bradford. Synonyms purchase, deal, bargain, investment, acquisition, addition, gain, asset, possession, holding 1.1 An act of purchasing something. out on a produce buy for the restaurant Example sentencesExamples But for those who believe in watching the buys and sales of insiders it is an interesting move, particularly when it is backed up by another key company official's deals. Across the UK in 2004, directors' dealings remained consistently above a ratio of five buys to every sale - more than double the average historic ratio. And he did not keep detailed records of his alleged drug buys. At least 25 percent of knife sales are impulse buys, so concentrate on high-margin models in your premium space. He never asked Felix to wear a wire, never marked the money he gave Felix for drug buys. Good chance they're carrying weapons and drugs, having just made a big buy in the city. There are now more mobile upgrade purchases than new buys in the UK. And because these stocks often are volatile, investors can score with well-timed buys. For instance, the fund may join a consortium of investors organized to fund a quick buy and sale of a piece. She described going to a drug buy in a pub to get more stuff. We must program and structure our buys so that private sector producers can bid competitively and set up their production processes intelligently. Hearings last month revealed he often wrote notes about his alleged drug buys on his legs. They didn't meet a damn person that might tip them to a job, a drug buy, or anything else. Gun cleaning products are often purchased as impulse buys. Phrases buy it informal Be killed. his friends had bought it in the jungle Synonyms pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, expire, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, lay down one's life, be no more, perish, be lost, go the way of the flesh, go the way of all flesh, go to glory, go to one's last resting place, go to meet one's maker, cross the great divide, cross the styx buy time Delay an event temporarily so as to have longer to improve one's own position. Example sentencesExamples There's always hope that talks will lead to some collateral benefit - such as buying time for policy-makers without any new ideas. Or is he buying time to deal with his detractors and re-emerge? But the suspension buys time, if only a few months, and raises the stakes for a resumption. Clearly, both parties in the process are, in the main, buying time, and there is little by way of a concrete strategy for resolution. He also realised that Britain was not well prepared for war and that he needed to buy time to improve Britain's military position. Transferring attention to others was a comic's way of buying time for himself; time to think of superior, alternative gags. And I think it buys him time to get his policy across and build some support for it. Freezing also buys time, holding the material in suspended animation until the work of cleaning and repairing begins. But it buys time in the hope of getting a better eventual mix of investments and in the expectation that share prices generally will pick up. ‘We aren't buying time, we have never had a timeline for the signing of the proposed peace agreement,’ he said. Synonyms linger, dally, take one's time, drag one's feet, be slow, hold back, fall behind, lag behind, dawdle, loiter, not keep pace, waste time Origin Old English bycgan, of Germanic origin. verb.1 phr.
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