- (v.t.) To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to sell.
- (v.t.) To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain.
- (v.i.) To negotiate or treat about a purchase.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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