buy
/baɪ/
verb8
noun1
forms
bought · buyed · boughtest · boughten · ybought · buying · buyeth · buys · buyest
Phrases with buy
- buy inTo stock (something) by buying inventory from a third party.
- buy outto purchase the entire stock or extent of something
- buy a dog and bark oneselfTo do something that one has hired someone else to do.
- buy a ticket toUsed to indicate that someone is in agreement with an assertion, statement, or suggestion.
- buy and holdA passive investment strategy where an investor purchases an asset and retains it for many years, rather than trading it frequently.
- buy backTo purchase (something already sold, misplaced, destroyed, or given away).
- buy downTo reduce a mortgage interest rate by means of a buydown.
- buy intoTo buy stocks or shares of (a business).
- buy itTo believe any particular assertion or idea; to support it.
- buy offTo pay off, convince to refrain etc. by corrupt payment or other service.
- buy off onTo consent to.
- buy out from underTo purchase (something) that (somebody else) intends to buy.
- buy overTo gain the support of (a person) through bribery.
- buy straw hats in winterOf stocks, to buy when both demand and price are low, so as to sell when demand and price are high.
- buy the farmTo die; generally, to die in battle or in a plane crash.
- buy the rightsTo acquire the legal rights to a work, property, story, or intellectual creation, especially for purposes such as publication, adaptation, or distribution.
- buy the rumorTo purchase an asset based on positive speculation or unconfirmed reports, anticipating a price rise before the positive development leading to it is confirmed by official news.
- buy timeTo purposefully cause a delay, in order to achieve something else.
- buy-to-letDescribing, or relating to, a property bought as an investment, the purchaser letting it to others rather than living in it.
- buy upTo buy the whole of; to purchase the entire stock of something.