buy

Pronunciation: US [baɪ] UK [baɪ]

v.Buy purchase buy; bribery
n.Buying profitable commodity; buying (or selling)
WebBuy (buy-in); money buy purchasing (buyer)

Synonyms

Antonyms

cop pick up purchase take

Definitions in English

v.

1.

to get something by paying money for it; if an amount of money buys something, it is large enough to pay for that thing

2.

to give someone something so that they will do something dishonest for you

3.

to get something that you want or need, usually by losing something else that is important

4.

to do something in order to get more time to do or finish something else

5.

to believe or accept something, especially something that is unlikely to be true or reasonable

n.

1.

something that you buy

Other Forms

3sg.buys

Idioms

Example Sentences

He's gone into Smithfield to buy your worship a horse.
Source: 2 Henry IV,Shakespeare
Water grew scarce, water was to be bought, five cents, ten cents, fifteen cents a gallon.
Source: J. Steinbeck

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English word buy can not be rearranged.
Based on buy, new words formed by adding one letter at the beginning or end
a - yabu
e - yebu
i - buyi yubi
l - luby
o - buoy
p - upby
r - bury bruy ruby
s - buys busy
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