Meaning of BIY | Babel Free

Definitions

The act of purchasing materials for a project (typically a home renovation) and then hiring a professional to use them.

uncountable

Examples

“UBM, which has 120 fully‐stocked branches around Britain, sees a growing demand for what it calls the B.I.Y. (buy-it-yourself) market of self‐contractors who select their components and then pay a tradesman for installation.”

“BIY is where consumers buy the materials for professionals to fit. "According to the Polycell Report, from Reed's Polycell Products, DIY is being replaced by BIY (Buy-it-yourself),"”

“B&Q has been learning lessons in China from the moment it opened its first store in 1999. People here prefer the term BIY - buy it yourself, and then employ labour to do the work for them.”

“It is less DIY, however, than BIY: Buy-it-Yourself.”

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