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NOUN | 1 | buy, bargain, steal | An advantageous purchase |
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VERB | 1 | buy, purchase | Obtain by purchase |
2 | buy, bribe, corrupt, grease one's palms | Make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence | |
3 | buy | Acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange | |
4 | buy | Accept as true | |
5 | buy | Be worth or be capable of buying |
Sounds | bay' |
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Rhymes | alibi, Bi, by, and 14 more rhymes in bay at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | An advantageous purchase. |
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Examples | "the stock was a real buy at that price" |
Synonyms | bargain, steal |
Narrower | song; travel bargain |
Broader | purchase |
Verbs | buy; buy |
Meaning | Obtain by purchase. Acquire by means of a financial transaction. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody |
Model | The children buy the ball |
Examples | "She buys for the big department store" |
Synonyms | purchase |
Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism |
Entails | choose, take, select, pick out; pay |
Entailed by | trade, merchandise; save; shop; check out |
Narrower | buy back, repurchase; take; get; subscribe, subscribe to, take; take over, buy out, buy up; pick up; take out, buy food; impulse-buy |
Broader | get, acquire |
Contrary | sell |
Similar to | buy |
See also | buy in; buy out, buy up |
Nouns | buying; buy; buyer |
Meaning | Make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Model | Sam cannot buy Sue |
Synonyms | bribe, corrupt, grease one's palms |
Category | crime, law-breaking |
Narrower | sop; buy off, pay off |
Broader | pay |
Meaning | Acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work" |
Broader | get, acquire |
Meaning | Accept as true. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | They won't buy the story |
Examples | "I can't buy this story" |
Broader | believe |
Meaning | Be worth or be capable of buying. |
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Pattern | Something ----s something |
Examples | "This sum will buy you a ride on the train" |
Broader | be |
Similar to | buy, purchase |
Nouns | buy |