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verb

Buy v. t. (past & past part. bought; pres. part. buying)

1.

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. "Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries."

2.

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. "Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding."

To buy again. See Againbuy. (Obs.)

To buy off.

(a)

To influence to compliance; to cause to bend or yield by some consideration; as, to buy off conscience.

(b)

To detach by a consideration given; as, to buy off one from a party.

To buy out

(a)

To buy off, or detach from.

(b)

To purchase the share or shares of in a stock, fund, or partnership, by which the seller is separated from the company, and the purchaser takes his place; as, A buys out B.

(c)

To purchase the entire stock in trade and the good will of a business.

To buy in, to purchase stock in any fund or partnership.

To buy on credit, to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in law, to make payment at a future day.

To buy the refusal (of anything), to give a consideration for the right of purchasing, at a fixed price, at a future time.

Buy v. i. (past & past part. bought; pres. part. buying) To negotiate or treat about a purchase. "I will buy with you, sell with you."

noun

buying n. The act of buying; as, buying equipment for the trip took several hours.

Synonyms: purchasing.

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Etymology of 'Buying'

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"Buying" Quotes from Famous Books

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— Jacob's Room • Virginia Woolf

... now," said Houston. "He's the biggest trader along the coast. Has dealings with Santa Anna himself, but he's a friend of Texas, a powerful one. Boys, I've in my pocket now an order from him good for a hundred thousand dollars. It's to be spent buying arms and ammunition for us. And when the time comes there's more coming from the same place. We've got friends, ...

— The Texan Scouts - A Story of the Alamo and Goliad • Joseph A. Altsheler

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— Poor Relations • Honore de Balzac

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— An Introduction to the History of Western Europe • James Harvey Robinson

... was she to confess that a countess was content with second-hand things, and then could not afford to pay eight hundred francs for them? She therefore thought the best thing was to appear angry, and said: "Who thinks of buying, sir? Who do you think would buy such old things? I only ...

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