Meaning of buy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To obtain (something) in exchange for money or goods.
   ditransitive, transitive
2. To obtain, especially by some sacrifice.
   ditransitive, transitive
3. To purchase something; act as a purchaser.
4. To suffer consequences for (something) through being deprived of something; to pay for (something one has done).
   archaic, transitive
5. To pay an upfront fee to reduce (an interest rate) over part or all of the term of a loan.
6. To bribe.
   transitive
7. To bribe (an official, for example) in order to secure improper cooperation or gain exemption from a regulation or legal consequence.
8. To be equivalent to in value.
   transitive
9. To purchase the entire stock, business rights, or interests of.
10. to accept as true; to believe
    informal, transitive
11. To purchase all that is available of.
12. To make a purchase or purchases, to treat (for a drink, meal or gift)
    intransitive
13. To be killed.
14. To make a bluff, usually a large one.
    slang, transitive
15. To die, especially suddenly or violently.
16. To increase the time available for a specific purpose: "A moderate recovery thus buys time for Congress and the Administration to whittle the deficit" (G. David Wallace).
17. buy it, Slang. to get killed.
18. to get (something) by exchanging it for money. He has bought a car. koop يَشْتَري купувам comprar koupit kaufen købe αγοράζωcomprar ostma خریدن ostaa acheter לִקְנוֹת खरीदना kupiti (meg)vásárol membeli kaupa comprare 買う 구입하다 pirkti pirkt beli kopenkjøpekupić اخیستل comprar a cumpăra покупать kúpiť kupiti kupiti köpa ซื้อ almak 買 купувати, придбати خریدنا mua 买

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Examples

“Who'd Father buy⟳ the car for? He bought it for me, not for you.”

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

“I've bought material comfort by foregoing my dreams.”

“You just bought yourself an assault charge!”

“Buy⟳ the truth and sell⟳ it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.”

“VVhat villaine, doſt ſtrike me? I ſweare by the rood, As I am Iacke Strawe, thou ſhalt buy⟳ it with thy blood.”

“He tried to buy⟳ me with gifts, but I wouldn't give⟳ up my beliefs.”

“After Bongino reiterated that Epstein killed himself, he was flooded with responses of disbelief. "WHO has bought the both of you?" one X user asked of Bongino and Patel, referencing the Fox News interview.”

“The dollar doesn't buy⟳ as much as it used to.”

“I'm not going to buy⟳ your stupid excuses anymore!”

“People like⟳ to say⟳ that dead people look⟳ asleep, and maybe she would have⟳ bought that under different circumstances.”

“She buys for Federated.”

“Let's go out for dinner. I'm buying.”

“Smith tried to buy⟳ the pot on the river with a huge bluff.”

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