VERB | possession | buy, purchase | obtain by purchase |
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possession | buy, bribe, corrupt, grease one's palms | make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence | |
stative | buy | be worth or be capable of buying | |
possession | buy | acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange | |
cognition | buy | accept as true | |
NOUN | possession | buy, bargain, steal | an advantageous purchase |
Sounds | bay' | |
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Rhymes | alibi ... thereby: 16 rhymes with bay... |
Meaning | An advantageous purchase. | |
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Example | "the stock was a real buy at that price" | |
Synonyms | bargain, steal | |
Narrower | song | A very small sum |
travel bargain | A bargain rate for travellers on commercial routes (usually air routes) | |
Broader | purchase | Something acquired by purchase |
Spanish | comprar, ganga | |
Catalan | comprar, ganga | |
Verbs | buy | obtain by purchase |
buy | be worth or be capable of buying |
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 | |
Example | "She buys for the big department store" | |
Synonym | purchase | |
Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
Entails | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
pay | Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services | |
Entailed by | check out | record, add up, and receive payment for items purchased |
save | spend less | |
shop | Do one's shopping / shopping | |
trade, merchandise | Engage in the trade of | |
Narrower | buy back, repurchase | buy what had previously been sold, lost, or given away |
get | purchase | |
impulse-buy | buy on impulse without proper reflection | |
pick up | buy casually or spontaneously | |
subscribe, subscribe to, take | Receive or obtain regularly | |
take | buy, select | |
take out, buy food | purchase prepared food to be eaten at home | |
take over, buy out, buy up | take over ownership of | |
Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
See also | buy in | amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use |
buy out, buy up | take over ownership of | |
Opposite | sell | Exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
Similar to | buy | Be worth or be capable of buying |
Spanish | adquirir, comprar, mercar | |
Catalan | adquirir, comprar | |
Nouns | buy | an advantageous purchase |
buyer | a person who buys | |
buying | the act of buying |
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, criminal offense, criminal offence, law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law |
Narrower | buy off, pay off | pay someone with influence in order to receive a favor |
sop | Give a conciliatory gift or bribe to | |
Broader | pay | Give money, usually in exchange for goods or services |
Spanish | comprar, corromper, sobornar | |
Catalan | comprar, subornar |
Meaning | Be worth or be capable of buying. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "This sum will buy you a ride on the train" | |
Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
Similar to | buy, purchase | Obtain by purchase |
Spanish | adquirir, comprar, equivaler | |
Catalan | adquirir, comprar | |
Nouns | buy | an advantageous purchase |
Meaning | acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work" | |
Broader | get, acquire | Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract |
Spanish | adquirir | |
Catalan | comprar |
Meaning | Accept as true. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They won't buy the story | |
Example | "I can't buy this story" | |
Broader | believe | Accept as true |
Spanish | creer |
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