buy
/baɪ/ noun C2- Something which is bought; a purchase. · At only $30, the second-hand kitchen table was a great buy.
Plural buys
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- buy back To purchase (something already sold, misplaced, destroyed...
- buy down To reduce a mortgage interest rate by means of a buydown.
- buy in To accept an idea as valid; to join in on a concept.
- buy into To believe (something, especially something implausible);...
- buy off To pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt payment o...
- buy out to purchase the entire stock or extent of something
- buy over To gain the support of (a person) through bribery.
- buy up To buy the whole of; to purchase the entire stock of some...
From the library
“For one thing,” answered Richard, rankling a little, “it won’t buy one into the exclusive circles of society.”
Whenever you pay more than 10 cents a cake for soap you buy bad perfumes and labels.
I’ve been through the encyclopaedia down to Y looking for something you can’t buy with it; and I expect to have to take up the appendix next week.
Tell me something money won’t buy.”
Other matches
- buy To obtain A1
- buy back To purchase
- buy down To reduce a mortgage interest rate by means of ...
- buy in To accept an idea as valid
- buy into To believe
- buy off To pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt...
- buy out to purchase the entire stock or extent of somet...
- buy over To gain the support of
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