noun
- An advantageous purchase.
- usage: "she got a bargain at the auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price"
verb
- Obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction.
- usage: "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"
- synonyms: purchase
- Make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence.
- usage: "This judge can be bought"
- synonyms: bribe, corrupt, grease one's palms
- Be worth or be capable of buying.
- usage: "This sum will buy you a ride on the train"
- Acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange.
- usage: "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"
- Accept as true.
- usage: "I can't buy this story"
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