open-to-buy \| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\noun Etymology: from the phrase open to buy : the portion of a budget allotment remaining available for additional purchases at any given moment of a budgetary period < an open-to-buy is an amount which is budgeted for the placement of purchase orders — H.D.Broehm >