01 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 pa…
imp. & p. p.
Bought; p. pr. & vb. n.
Buying
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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.“Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries.” — B. Franklin.
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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.“Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.” — Prov. xxiii. 23.
Phrases & compounds
To buy again —
See Againbuy.
To buy off —
To influence to compliance; to cause to bend or yield by some consideration; as, to buy off conscience.
To buy out —
To buy off, or detach from.
To buy in —
to purchase stock in any fund or partnership.
To buy on credit —
to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in law, to make payment at a future day.
To buy the refusal —
to give a consideration for the right of purchasing, at a fixed price, at a future time.