buy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.

   • Who'd Father buy the car for? He bought it for me, not for you.
   • Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.
2. 2

   To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.

   • I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.
   • You just bought yourself an assault charge!
   • Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
3. 3

   To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something

   To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).

   • VVhat villaine, doſt ſtrike me? I ſweare by the rood, As I am Iacke Strawe, thou ſhalt buy it with thy blood.
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   1. 4

      To bribe.

      • He tried to buy me with gifts, but I wouldn't give up my beliefs.
      • After Bongino reiterated that Epstein killed himself, he was flooded with responses of disbelief. "WHO has bought the both of you?" one X user asked of Bongino and Patel, referencing the Fox News interview.
   2. 5

      To be equivalent to in value.

      • The dollar doesn't buy as much as it used to.
   3. 6

      to accept as true

      to accept as true; to believe

      • I'm not going to buy your stupid excuses anymore!
      • People like to say that dead people look asleep, and maybe she would have bought that under different circumstances.
   4. 7

      To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)

      • She buys for Federated.
      • Let's go out for dinner. I'm buying.
   5. 8

      To make a bluff, usually a large one.

      • Smith tried to buy the pot on the river with a huge bluff.
   6. 9

      Something which is bought

      Something which is bought; a purchase.

      • At only $30, the second-hand kitchen table was a great buy.

The neighborhood

• synonymmake a buy(intransitive) make a purchase
• synonymaby
• synonymbuy
• synonymprocure
• synonymsnap up
• antonymcheapantonym(s) of “obtain in exchange for money”
• antonymsellantonym(s) of “obtain in exchange for money”
• antonymvendantonym(s) of “obtain in exchange for money”
• antonymdisbelieveantonym(s) of “accept as true”
• antonymrejectantonym(s) of “accept as true”
• antonympitchantonym(s) of “accept as true”
• antonymbarter
• antonympay
• antonymsteal
• antonymsale
• neighboraby
• neighborpurchaser
• neighborreceive
• neighbortrade
• neighborhire
• neighborrent