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buy

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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

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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

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