Meaning of misbuy | Babel Free

Definitions

To buy in error or regretfully.

transitive

Examples

“We are giving special attention to the wants of Canadian misbuying Manitoba wheat and other grains.”

“The pensions industry has fresh scars from the personal pensions mis-selling episode, and is now wary of accusations that people have⟳ been allowed to 'mis-buy' financial products such as stakeholder pensions.”

“Now as we bury⟳ him treasure and cry⟳ over your jewel, you realize⟳ hmm...you mistraught it, misbought it […]”

“Did the salesperson mis-sell or did the buyer mis-buy?”

“That 'thing', on wish⟳.com, find⟳ the RIGHT one, THAT color PINK, I misbought for other before and meh... and a price of... that of a BIOS.”

“As you might expect⟳, conduct regulators are very interested in any form⟳ of bias that leads people to underestimate a risk⟳, or to mis-buy a contract, or to be (perhaps unwittingly) colluding in activity that distorts fair market-making.”

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