- buy
- buy [bī]vt.bought, buying [ME bien < OE bycgan < ? IE base of BOW1]1. to get by paying or agreeing to pay money or some equivalent; purchase2. to get as by an exchange [buy victory with human lives]3. to be the means of purchasing [all that money can buy]4. to bribe or hire as by bribing☆ 5. Slang to accept as true, valid, practical, etc. [I can't buy this excuse]6. Theol. Archaic to redeemvi.1. to buy something2. to buy merchandise as a buyern.1. the act of buying; a purchase2. anything bought or buyable, esp. with reference to its worth as a bargain [a good (or bad) buy ]☆ 3. Informal something worth the price; bargain——————buy in1. to buy a share of or shares in2. to buy back (an item) at an auction by a final, high bid when the other bids are much too low: said as of the orig. owner3. Slang to pay money so as to become a participant, member, etc.——————buy into1. BUY IN (senses 1 & 3) (see phrase above)☆ 2. Slang BUY (vt. 5)——————buy itSlang to die; specif., to be killed——————buy offto bribe——————buy outto buy all the stock, business rights, etc. of——————buy timeGAIN TIME (sense 2) (at TIME)——————buy upto buy all of or all that is available ofbuyableadj.
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.