buy

Speech parts

1. buy - Noun

2. buy - Verb

Meaning

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.

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.

To negotiate or treat about a purchase.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

purchase get believe accept obtain secure acquire corrupt steal pick up bargain procure bribe swallow pay for
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Antonyms

sell vend hawk bazaar mart depot
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Hypernyms

get believe pay purchase acquire be

Hyponyms

sop take get song pick up subscribe

Phrases with the word

buy the farm buy time buy it buy back buy off buy into

Derivatives

bought buying

Examples

Money can't buy life. Bob Marley

No man is rich enough to buy back his past. Oscar Wilde

A society is democratic when no one is so rich that they can buy someone, and no one is so poor that they have to sell themselves. Source: Internet

Sweet tongues buy horses on credit. Hawaiian Proverb

If you buy things you don't need, you will soon be selling things you do need. Filipino Proverb

You cannot buy wisdom abroad if there is none at home. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Buxus Buxus sempervirens Buxworth buy a dog and bark oneself buy a lemon buy a one-way ticket